Jérusalem, Vallée de Josaphat, Détails du Tombeau d'Absalom
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 33 x 23.1 cm (13 x 9 1/8 in.) Mount: 60 x 44.6 cm (23 5/8 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
2005.100.373.47
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1854, French photographer Auguste Salzmann capturedJérusalem, Vall de Josaphat, Détails du Tombeau'Absalom* (Jerusalem, Valley of Jehaphat, Details of Tomb of Absalom), exquisite salted paper print made from a paper negative. intimate study focuses on the intricate stone carvings and weathered ruins of the ancient tomb, a Second Temple-era monument in Jerusalem's sacred Kidron Valley, long associated with biblical narratives. Produced by the renowned Imprimerie photographique de Blanquart-Évrard in Lille, the image measures 33 x 23.1 cm and exemplifies early calotype photography's soft tona...
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 ...