Catalogue
- Year
- 1854
- Medium
- Calotype
- Dimensions
- 9 1/4 × 13" (23.6 × 33.2 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Auguste Salzmann
Artist
Printmaking
Auguste Salzmann was a French photographer and archaeologist active in the mid-19th century, best known for his early photographic documentation of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. Working with the calotype process in the 1850s, he produced some of the earliest systematic photographic records of archaeological sites and architectural remains in the Eastern Mediterranean. His work bridged the emerging medium of photography with scholarly archaeological practice during a period when the two disciplines were only beginning to intersect.
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Jérusalem, Saint Sépulcre, Vue générale de la Chapelle du Calvaire
1854 · Salted paper print from paper negative
Jérusalem, Saint Sépulcre, abside
1854 · Salted paper print from paper negative
Jérusalem, croix en argent ciselé, donnée par Louis XIII à l'Eglise du Saint Sépulcre
1854 · Salted paper prints from paper negative
Jérusalem, Saint Sépulcre, coupole
1854 · Salted paper print from paper negative
Jérusalem, Saint Sépulcre, Façade
1854 · Salted paper print from paper negative
Jerusalem. Valley of Jehosaphat, Tomb of Zachary
1854 · Salted paper print from a paper negative
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- Auguste Salzmann
- Year
- 1854
- Medium
- Calotype
- Dimensions
- 9 1/4 × 13" (23.6 × 33.2 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1854-M039669
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
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- verified