The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

Two circular bronze reliefs with a warm brown patina contrast sloth and industry. On the left, a figure sleeps beneath heavy leaves near a snail, with "THOV SLVGGARD" inscribed below. On the right, three stylized ants crawl upward, their bodies segmented with rounded forms. Rim inscriptions read "GO TO THE ANT CONSIDER HER WAYS" and "AND BE WISE," flanked at the base by a thistle and a flower.

Medal: Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard

1942

Janet de Coux

(American, 1904–1999)

Diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)

Dudley P. Allen Fund 1942.493

Location: Not on view

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.493