Jérusalem, Fontaine du Couvent grec
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 23.4 x 32.3 cm (9 3/16 x 12 11/16 in.) Mount: 44.8 x 60 cm (17 5/8 x 23 5/8 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
2005.100.373.112
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1854, French photographer Auguste Salzmann captured *Jérusalem, Fontaine du Couvent*, a salted paper print depicting the ornate fountain at the Greek Convent in Jerusalem. architectural gem, with its intricate stonework and flowing water, reflects the city's rich Ottoman-era heritage, blending Eastern and Western influences. Salzmann's image is part of his pioneering expedition to document Jerusalem's sacred sites, undertaken amid growing European fascination with the Holy Land during the mid-19th century. Printed by the innovative Imprimerie photographique de Blanquart-Évrard in Lille, th...
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 ...