The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

Two sides of a circular bronze medal display stylized relief carvings. On the left, a large female profile wearing a smooth hood faces our left, with four smaller robed women standing behind. The words THE WISE VIRGINS appear at the bottom left. On the right, five elongated figures sit and stand on a tiered rectangular base, two small animals crawling underneath. A poem and the title THE FOOLISH VIRGINS are engraved at the bottom.

Medal: The Wise Virgins

1947

Henry Kreis

(American, 1899–1963)
America
bronze
Diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1947.269
Location: Not on view
  • {{cite web|title=Medal: The Wise Virgins |url=false|author=Henry Kreis|year=1947|access-date=08 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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