Jérusalem, Saint-Sépulcre, Détails des chapiteaux de la porte principale
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 32.9 x 23.2 cm (12 15/16 x 9 1/8 in.) Mount: 59.6 x 44.4 cm (23 7/16 x 17 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
2005.100.373.88
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1854, French photographer Auguste Salzmann captured details of the carved capitals adorning the main entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepul in Jerusalem, one of Christianity's holiest sites. Titled *Jérusalem, Saint-Sépcre, Détails chapiteaux de la principale*, this salted paper print from a paper negative exemplifies early calotype photography. Produced by the renowned Imprimerie photographique deanquart-Évrard in Lille, the image measures 32.9 x 23.2 cm and reveals the rich Crusader-era stonework, blending Byzantine, Romanesque, and Islamic influences in a testament to the site's layere...
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 ...