Auguste Salzmann / Tomb of the Virgin, Jerusalem / 1854Auguste Salzmann
Tomb of the Virgin, Jerusalem
1854

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Creator Name: Salzmann, Auguste
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1824 - 1872
Biography: Auguste Salzmann French, 1824-1872Born into a family of painters in Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin in Alsace, Auguste Salzmann exhibited his canvases of landscapes in the Paris Salons of 1847, 1848, and 1850. This artistic background, along with his distinctive subject matter, contributed to Salzmann's photographic style. His photographs were exhibited only once during his lifetime, at the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Primarily interested in archaeology, he belonged to no photographic societies and considered his photographic work merely a tool. Salzmann visited Palestine (1850-51) and Jerusalem (1853), combining a project to record the monuments left by the Crusaders with another that tried to prove the work of scholar Louis-Félicien-Joseph Caignart deSaulcy, whose controversial historical and architectural theories involved the dating of buildings within the ancient city. The resulting images were published by Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Évrard in Jérusalem, époques judaique, romaine, chrétienne, arabe, explorations photographique par A. Salzmann (1854). In these extremely intense studies, light and form were used to animate the ancient buildings and landscape of the Middle East. A journey to Rhodes (185-67) led to another publication, Nécropole de Camiros, which documented a site Salzmann is believed to have discovered. Although much of the biographical information about Salzmann is unclear and remains a subject of debate, his work continues to be influential and admired. T.W.F.
Gender: M
Creator Birth Place: Ribeauville, France
Creator Name-CRT: Auguste Salzmann
Title: Tomb of the Virgin, Jerusalem
Title Type: Primary
Title: Jérusalem. Tombeau de la Vierge
Title Type: Foreign
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1854
Creation End Date: 1854
Creation Date: 1854
Object Type: Photographs
Classification Term: Photography
Materials and Techniques: salted paper print, Blanquart-Évrard process, from waxed paper negative
Dimensions: Image: 22.7cm x 32.8cm
Inscriptions: Written in negative: "89"; in pencil on verso: "4011"
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1996.10
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Context: In 1854, Auguste Salzmann was commissioned by the French Ministry of Public Instruction to document the holy city of Jerusalem. His charge was to substantiate the controversial theories about dating ancient ruins proposed by his friend, Louis Félicien de Saulcy, a noted antiquarian. Unlike almost all other photographers documenting architecture in the 19th century, Salzmann relied on extreme close-up views. In this example, he eliminated most of the building, concentrating on the door of the tomb and its surrounding architectural elements. As a result, all indications of scale, terrain, placement, and context normally found in documentary photographs are absent, while the abstract textural and surface qualities of the tomb are emphasized.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1996.10
AMICA Library Year: 1998
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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