[Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem]
Felice Beato|James Robertson
1856–57
![[Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem] by Felice Beato|James Robertson](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/dome-of-the-rock-jerusalem-631032.webp)
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 9 in. × 11 1/4 in. (22.9 × 28.6 cm) Mount: 17 5/8 in. × 22 1/2 in. (44.8 × 57.2 cm)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Joyce F. Menschel, 2013
Accession Number
2013.1098.8
Tags
Architecture
About the Artist
Felice Beato|James Robertson
Felice Beato (c. 1832–1909), an Italian-born photographer who became a British subject through his family's residence on the British protectorate island of Corfu, emerged as one of the pioneering figures in war and travel photography. Born in Venice or Corfu to a Venetian noble family with roots in Corfu, Beato's early life remains somewhat obscure, but he acquired his first photographic lens in P...