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Auguste Salzmann
Jérusalem, Arc de l'Ecce-Homo
[Jerusalem]
1854
Salted paper print, from paper negative, Imprimerie photographique de Blanquart-Évrard
33.2 x 23.5 cm (13 1/16 x 9 1/4 ins) (image) 59.9 x 45.2 cm (23 9/16 x 17 13/16 ins) (mount)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, Accession Number: 2005.100.373.76
LL/69140
Curatorial description (accessed: 3 October 2016)
A miniature cityscape is framed by the half-moon of a second-century Roman arch. The sloped path below, known as the Via Dolorosa (Way of Sorrows), serves as a popular pilgrimage route. As a biblical archaeologist, Salzmann chose to record this site for its association with the New Testament trial and conviction of Jesus. With its name, ecce homo (behold the man), the arch stands in for the condemned man forced to carry a cross to his own crucifixion.
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