Shulamit and Mary
1810 · Private collection
religiousPforr's small panel in the shape of a medieval two-winged altarpiece stands in the tradition of the Romantic friendship picture. The female figure of Shulamit, on the left, symbolically represents the artist's friend and fellow painter, Friedrich Overbeck, while Pforr associates himself with Mary, on the right. On the right panel, the figure of Mary serves as an image of contrast.
