[Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem]
This detailed print showing the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem provides a sense of the structure’s natural and architectural surroundings. Felice Beato depicted the religious site from a pilgrim’s point of view—walls and roads are given visual priority and stand between the viewer and the shrine. Holy sites such as this were the earliest and most common subjects of travel photography. Beato made multiple journeys to the Mediterranean and North Africa, and he is perhaps best known for photographing East Asia in the 1880s.
Artwork Details
- Title: [Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem]
- Artist: Felice Beato (British (born Italy), Venice 1832–1909 Luxor) and
- Artist: James Robertson (British, 1813–1881)
- Date: 1856–57
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Dimensions: Image: 9 in. × 11 1/4 in. (22.9 × 28.6 cm)
Mount: 17 5/8 in. × 22 1/2 in. (44.8 × 57.2 cm) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Gift of Joyce F. Menschel, 2013
- Object Number: 2013.1098.8
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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