In this painting, Hirschberger uses the image of the Virgin Mary and Jesus, as seen in pre-and early Renaissance painting, most likely a reference to Giotto’s Ognissanti Madonna (1310) an artist Hirschberger admired. In contrast he also places a Jewish mother and child appearing naked and in concentration camp garments. Attached by the contrapti...
Creator:
Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Created:
1990?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.