Keywords: Bernhard Strigel - Maria Kleophas und ihre Familie (National Gallery of Art).jpg Artwork Creator Bernhard Strigel langSwitch Saint Mary Cleophas and Her Family together with its companion piece Saint Mary Salome and Her Family also in the National Gallery were wings from an altarpiece combining painting and sculpture that was dedicated to the Holy Kinship or extended family of Christ There was a fascination with the details of the life of the Holy Family as well as a growing desire to experience the Gospels on a human level in the late Middle Ages According to the Golden Legend written about 1270 as a compilation of earlier tales Saint Anne married three times her second husband being the father of Mary Cleophas who was thus the half-sister of the Virgin Mary Maria Kleophas ist die Tochter der heiligen Anna und des Kleophas also eine Halbschwester der Jungfrau Maria Flügel eines Altars 1520/1528 oil on panel cm 125 5 65 8 institution National Gallery of Art Gallery 35A accession number 1961 9 88 object history Possibly O Streber Munich Haskard Bank Florence and Charles Fairfax Murray as agent by 1900 ; sold 1900 to Thomas Agnew Sons Ltd London ; sold May 1900 to Rodolphe Kann d 1905 Paris; by descent to executors of the Kann estate Edouard Kann Paris; Betty Schnaffer née Kann Frankfurt; Martin and Eleanore née Kann Bromberg Hamburg; Jacob and Mathilde née Kann Emden Hamburg and Edmond and Madeline née Kann Bickard See Paris Duveen Brothers Paris August 1907 ; purchased August 1907 by members of the Kann family possibly Martin and Eleanore Bromberg Hamburg Probably Dr Max Emden Switzerland by 1939 Wildenstein Co New York by 1939 ; purchased February 1954 by the Samuel H Kress Foundation New York; at the NGA from 1956; gift 1961 to NGA credit line Samuel H Kress Collection exhibition history langSwitch on halo of female figure SANCTA MARIA SALOME; on halo of child at center SANCTVS IACOBVS MA; on halo of child at lower left SANCTV IOHANES EWAN auf dem Heiligenschein der weibliche Figur SANCTA MARIA CLEOP H E; am Heiligenschein des nackten Kindes SANCTVS IVDAS XPI APOSTOLV; am Heiligenschein des mittleren Kindes SCTV SIMON; am Heiligenschein des stehenden Kindes ST SANCTVS IOSEPHI; am Heiligenschein des mit dem Hund spielenden Kindes SANCTVS IACOBVS MINOR AIPHE http //www nga gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page 46187 html The National Gallery of Art Washington D C PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Strigel; Altarfluegel 2 Maria Kleophas; National Gallery of Art Bernhard Strigel German paintings in the National Gallery of Art |