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Jérusalem, Chemin de Naplouse

1854
Not on view
Centrally placed olive trees stretch toward a vacated sky, while rocky terrain leads to a stone wall that marks the split between heaven and earth. This picturesque landscape recalls Salzmann’s earlier endeavors as a painter; throughout the late 1840s and early 1850s, he exhibited idyllic views of Italy and France at the official Salons. He had been influenced by the Barbizon School, a group of artists dedicated to elevating the genre of landscape painting in France. Here, he also references his photographic instructor, the eminent artist Gustave Le Gray (1820–1884), who promoted the paper negative process in France and created striking compositions of single beech and oak trees in the Fontainebleau Forest just outside Paris.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Jérusalem, Chemin de Naplouse
  • Artist: Auguste Salzmann (French, 1824–1872)
  • Printer: Imprimerie photographique de Blanquart-Évrard, à Lille (French, active 1851–55)
  • Date: 1854
  • Medium: Salted paper print from paper negative
  • Dimensions: Image: 23.1 x 33 cm (9 1/8 x 13 in.)
    Mount: 44.8 x 59.5 cm (17 5/8 x 23 7/16 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
  • Object Number: 2005.100.373.171
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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