Jérusalem, Fragments judaïque et romain
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 23.5 x 30.9 cm (9 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.) Mount: 44.8 x 59.7 cm (17 5/8 x 23 1/2 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
2005.100.373.74
Art Historical Context
In 1854, French photographer Auguste Salzmann captured timeless layers of Jerusalem in *Jérusalem, Fragmentsïque et romain*, salted paper print from a paper negative. This evocative image reveals archaeological remnants—Judaic and Roman fragments—juxtaposed amid the city's enduring sacred landscape. Salzmann's journey to the Holy Land in 185–54 was driven by a passion for documenting biblical sites and ancient ruins, making his work a visual bridge between 19th-century Europe and antiquity. Printed by the innovative Imprimerie photographique de Blanquart-Évrard in Lille, the photograph employ...
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 ...