Jérusalem, Minaret de l'ancienne mosquée d'Abd-es-Samed
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 32.8 x 23.3 cm (12 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.) Mount: 59.4 x 45.1 cm (23 3/8 x 17 3/4 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
2005.100.373.134
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1854, French photographer Auguste Salzmann captured majestic minaret of the mosque of Abd-es-Samed in, one of the earliest photographic records of the city's Islamic architecture. Produced as a salted paper print from paper negative by the innovative Imprimerie photographique Blanquart-Évrard in Lille, this (32.8 x 23.3 cm) exemplifies the pioneering calotype process, where light-sensitive paper negatives allowed for detailed, textured reproductions shared through printed multiples. Salzmann's journey to the Holy Land amid mid-19th-century European fascination with Orientalism aimed to doc...
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 ...