Jérusalem, Porte d'Hérode
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 23.1 x 33 cm (9 1/8 x 13 in.) Mount: 44.8 x 60.3 cm (17 5/8 x 23 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
2005.100.373.145
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step through the ancient gateway of Jérusalem, Porte d'Hde (Jerusalem, Herod's), captured in this evocative 1854 salted paper print by French photographer Auguste Salzmann. by the innovative Imprimerie photographique deanquart-Évrard in Lille, the image measures 23.1 x 33 cm and reveals the weathered stone archway of this historic portal, a key entry to the Old City amid Jerusalem's timeless landscapes. Salzmann's work, part of his pioneering photographic expedition to the Holy Land, offers visitors a window into mid-19th-century views of sacred sites. This salted paper print, made from a pap...
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 ...