Jérusalem, Enceinte du Temple, Vue générale de la face Est, Pl. 3
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 22.8 × 33.2 cm (9 in. × 13 1/16 in.) Mount: 44.8 x 58.8 cm (17 5/8 x 23 1/8 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
2005.100.373.14
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1854, French photographer Auguste Salzmann capturedJérusalem, Enceinte du Temple, Vue de la face Est,. 3*—a sweeping view of the east face of Jerusalem's Temple Mount enclosure—during his pioneering expedition to the Holy Land Commissioned amid growing European fascination with biblical archaeology, Salzmann's journey from 1853 to 1854 produced one of the earliest photographic albums of the city's sacred sites, printed by the innovative Imprimerie photographique Blanquart-Évrard in Lille. This paper print, Plate 3 from the series, offers visitors a rare window into mid-19th-century Jerusale...
About the Artist
Imprimerie photographique de Blanquart-Évrard, à Lille|Auguste Salzmann ( |French) · |1851 – |1855
French|French, active 1851–55