Jérusalem, Sainte-Marie-la-Grande, Cloître
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 23 x 32.9 cm (9 1/16 x 12 15/16 in.) Mount: 44.3 x 60.4 cm (17 7/16 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
2005.100.373.108
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the sun-dappled cloister of Sainte-Marie-la-Grande in through Auguste Salzmann's evocative 1854 salted paper print. Capturing the weathered arches and ruins of this historic Crusader-era church—once a grand Benedictine abbey—this photograph transports viewers to the Holy City's layered past, where Gothic stonework whispers tales of medieval pilgrims and conquests. Salzmann, a French surgeon-turned-photographer, embarked on pioneering expedition to Jerusalem in 185354, driven by a passion to document its sacred architecture amid political tensions and decay. Printed by Louis-Désiré B...
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 ...