Jérusalem, Chemin de Naplouse
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 23.1 x 33 cm (9 1/8 x 13 in.) Mount: 44.8 x 59.5 cm (17 5/8 x 23 7/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.373.171
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1854, French photographer Auguste Salzmann capturedJérusalem, Che de Naplouse*, a serene salted paper print depicting the winding Nablus Road leading toward Jerusalem's ancient walls. Framed by sturdy trees and distant hills, this landscape evokes the timeless allure of the Holy Land during the mid-19th century, a period when Western interest in biblical archaeology surged amid Ottoman rule. Salzmann, a pioneering figure in early photography, journeyed to Jerusalem to document its sacred sites, producing one of the first comprehensive photographic surveys of the city. Printed at the renown...
About the Artist
Auguste Salzmann|Imprimerie photographique de Blanquart-Évrard, à Lille · 1824–1872
Born 15 april 1824. Salzmann travelled to Palestine in 1850 to 1851 as a draughtsman for a French expedition to the East. Salzmann returned to Paris, France in 1851 and learned photography which he used as an aid to his archaeological research. In 1853 Salzmann was commissioned by the Ministry of Public Instruction to visit Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and the islands of the Archipelago to photograph ...