Jérusalem, Saint-Sépulcre, Détails du Clocher
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 32.5 × 23.5 cm (12 13/16 × 9 1/4 in.) Mount: 60.2 x 44.6 cm (23 11/16 x 17 9/16 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
2005.100.373.99
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1854, French photographer Auguste Salzmann captured intricate details of the bell at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre in this salted paper print, produced by the innovative Imprimerie photographique Blanquart-Évrard in Lille. Titled *Jérusalem, Saintépulcre, Détails du Clocher*, image (32.5 × 23.5 cm) showcases the weathered stone architecture of one of Christianity's holiest sites, rendered with the soft tonal gradations typical of early calotype processes using paper negatives. This work exemplifies mid-19th-century photography's pioneering role in documenting remote biblical lan...
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 ...