Untitled (Semi-Circle of Children, Central Girl Dressed as an Angel Holding the Baby Jesus)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled (Semi-Circle of Children, Central Girl Dressed as an Angel Holding the Baby Jesus)

Andrés and Francisco HernándezLinkedCulture matchlcp-037bedf28360

Date
c. 1910s
Medium
gelatin silver print
Culture
Costa Rica
Department
Photography
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
523595

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The Foto Imperio photography studio was run by Andrés and Francisco Hernández in San José, Costa Rica. The brothers also ran a bookstore and print shop, and Francisco was a successful cartoonist, too. Here they artfully arranged 35 children to create a group portrait commemorating a religious event—perhaps a Christmas pageant? The girl dressed as an angel holds a baby, while the girl and boy at her feet seem posed as if for a wedding portrait. Portraits are the bread-and-butter business of most photography studios.

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Gift of Michael F. Resch
Provenance
?-2022: Michael Resch, Gates Mills, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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