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Jérusalem, Enceinte du Temple, Arche du Pont Salomonien qui reliait Moria à Sion

1854
Not on view
Salzmann first traveled to Jerusalem at the behest of his friend and fellow archaeologist Félix de Saulcy (1807–1880). Within the scientific societies of Paris, de Saulcy’s theories had ignited bitter debates about architectural monuments such as the one depicted here. He identified the wall’s rounded protrusion (at center) as the remnant of a double-arched bridge that once connected the platform of Solomon’s Temple to Mount Zion, the highest point in ancient Jerusalem. Rival archaeologists held that this formation was a portion of the unfinished foundations of the Al-Aqsa Mosque built above. The plate’s title leaves no doubt as to what Salzmann believed and hoped to prove with his photographs.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Jérusalem, Enceinte du Temple, Arche du Pont Salomonien qui reliait Moria à Sion
  • 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: 23.2 x 32.5 cm (9 1/8 x 12 13/16 in.)
    Mount: 44.6 x 59.6 cm (17 9/16 x 23 7/16 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
  • Object Number: 2005.100.373.2
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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