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Medal: The Wise Virgins

1947

Henry Kreis

(American, 1899–1963)
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Culture
America
Medium
bronze
Measurements
Diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1947.270
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
A bronze medal consists of two circular sides with shallow relief carvings. On the obverse, a large, smooth profile of a hooded woman faces left, four smaller robed figures standing behind her. The reverse depicts six women on a tiered rectangular platform above two elongated animals and a dense inscription. Light glints off the warm metallic surfaces, highlighting the soft curves of the faces and the fine, incised lines of the text.

Medal: The Wise Virgins

1947

Henry Kreis

(American, 1899–1963)
America

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