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Martin and Eleonore Bromberg

German, he: 1850 - 1915

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This painting shows a group of seven people gathered together, three adults and four children. On the left, woman in a blue dress, green cloak, and white headscarf is holding a nude child on her lap. She is seated on what appears to be a brown bench. Two other children stand by her knees, playing with the child on her lap. Two men stand next to the woman on the right, one a younger bearded man in a red robe and tall red hat, and the other an older man wearing a fur-lined jacket over a peach-toned shirt and a yellow cap over his hair. In front of this group, near the bottom left corner, a fourth child in a white robe sits or crouches on the ground, holding a long T-shaped staff with white squares of cloth at the top. A small brown dog on the right is biting the staff. All seven people have pale skin, and the woman and children all have golden halos around their heads. At the top of the painting, the background is gilded in textured gold, while the floor at the bottom is gray.
Bernhard Strigel, Saint Mary Cleophas and Her Family, c. 1520/1528, oil on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.88

Saint Mary Cleophas and Her Family

Bernhard Strigel · c. 1520/1528 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1961.9.88

This painting features five people sitting or kneeling alongside a brown bird. In the center, a woman in a red gown holds an open book, looking downward. She wears a white head-covering and a dark green shawl. To her left, a man with a dark beard wears a red tunic and wide-brimmed red hat, while to her right, another bearded man in a bright green fur-lined cloak looks towards the woman, one hand flat on his chest. A child in white stands to the right of the woman in front of the man in the green cloak, his hand in the open book the woman holds, looking down into the pages. The woman and the two men appear to sit on a brown wooden bench. In the bottom left corner, on the green floor, another person sits on a small wooden block, holding another open book. This person has short brown hair and a pink robe. To the right of this person is a large brown bird, its wings raised upward. The bird, seated person, young child, and woman all have golden halos. All of the people have pale skin. The wall behind those on the bench is textured gold.
Bernhard Strigel, Saint Mary Salome and Her Family, c. 1520/1528, oil on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.89

Saint Mary Salome and Her Family

Bernhard Strigel · c. 1520/1528 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1961.9.89

Bibliography

2001

  • Private Schätze: Über das Sammeln von Kunst in Hamburg bis 1933, exh. cat., Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2001:218