Cleveland Museum of Art

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

Andrés and Francisco Hernández

Date

c. 1910s

Medium

gelatin silver print

Culture

Costa Rica

Department

Photography

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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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