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    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • Beer-Hofmann family vase

  • Physical Description

    1 vase : porcelain ; 20.1 x 20.9 in. ; 51 x 53 cm

  • Date

    cir 1850?

  • Summary

    Porcelain vase painted blue with gilt detailing. Around the body of the vase are six portraits, each encircled in a painted decorative border. They are all connected by a sort of chain, equally decorative with painted beads of red, green, white, and gilt.

    The portraits depict the maternal grandparents of Richard Beer-Hofmann, Moritz (Moses) Steckerl (1800-1867) and his wife Sophie, née Schmeichler (1814-1894), with their four daughters, Therese Schwarz; Berta Hofmann; Charlotte Wolf and Rosa Beer.

  • Depicted

    Steckerl family

  • Subject

    Women, Portraits; Men, Portraits; Gilt paint; Plant-derived motifs

  • Medium

    Vases; Furnishings and equipment

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Biographical/Historical Information

Growing assimilation of the German Jews in the second half of the 19th century resulted in their adopting of the values and lifestyle of the non-Jewish middle class. The process of transfering photos to objects was fashionable in the latter half of 19th century.

Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866-1945) was the son of Hermann and Rosa Beer. His mother died within a week of his birth and Richard was adopted and reared by his aunt and uncle, Berta and Alois Hofmann.

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Citation

Unknown Artist: Beer-Hofmann family vase, Leo Baeck Institute, 62.3.