Jérusalem, Palais de rois de Jérusalem, Vue générale
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 23.3 x 33.3 cm (9 3/16 x 13 1/8 in.) Mount: 44.8 x 59.6 cm (17 5/8 x 23 7/16 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
2005.100.373.119
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1854, French photographer Auguste Salzmann captured ancient grandeur of Jerusalem's Palace of the Kings of Jerusalem this salted paper print, titled *Jérusalem, Palais rois de Jérusalem, générale*. Produced by the pioneering Imprimerie photographique Blanquart-Évrard in Lille, the image offers a sweeping vista of the Crusader-era, evoking the layered history of this holy city where medieval kings once ruled amid biblical landscapes. Salzmann's work arrived during photography's infancy, just two decades after its invention, making it a precious early document of Middle Eastern architecture. ...
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 ...