Jérusalem, Côté Nord de Jérusalem
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 22.8 x 32.6 cm (9 x 12 13/16 in.) Mount: 45.1 x 60.1 cm (17 3/4 x 23 11/16 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
2005.100.373.174
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1854, French photographer Auguste Salzmann capturedJérusalem, Côté Nord deusalem*, a poignant salted paper print from a paper, depicting the rugged north side of Jerusalem's ancient walls and landscape. Produced by the innovative Imprimerie photographique Blanquart-Évrard in Lille, this image measures 22.8 x 32.6 cm and exemplifies early calotype photography, where a paper negative allowed for multiple prints with a soft, painterly quality that blurred the line between drawing and realism. Salzmann's work holds immense historical significance as one of the first photographic documentations...
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 ...