Jérusalem, Saint Sépulcre, abside

Imprimerie photographique de Blanquart-Évrard, à Lille|Auguste Salzmann

1854 · Salted paper print from paper negative · Photographs

Despite the blinding desert light, Salzmann sensitively renders the undulating forms of the church’s structure, accumulated over centuries, in this view of the apse and dome. Unable to record the interior with his camera, he photographed every angle he could of the exterior. In the late 1860s, as part of an international effort to repair the church led by France’s Empress Eugénie, Salzmann was commissioned to decorate its interior as a painter. He fell out of favor with the lead architect, however, and may not have completed the project.

Artist

Imprimerie photographique de Blanquart-Évrard, à Lille|Auguste Salzmann

Date

1854

Medium

Salted paper print from paper negative

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005