Jérusalem, Auberge d'Allemagne
Auguste Salzmann
1854
Medium
Salted paper print
Dimensions
Image: 33.4 × 23.5 cm (13 3/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Paper: 60.3 × 43.8 cm (23 3/4 × 17 1/4 in.)
Classification
salted paper print
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
54799
About the Artist
Auguste Salzmann · 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 ...