Convent of Mar Saba, Jerusalem

1857

James Robertson

Associated Names
James Robertson

Artist, British, 1813 - 1888

Felice Beato

Artist, British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909

Antonio Beato

Artist, British, born Corfu (?), after 1832 - 1906

The image shows a stone monastery complex on a mountainside. The buildings are integrated into the natural rock formations, with various terraced structures. The stone walls mimic the color of the landscape, creating a harmonious palette of browns and beiges. The texture of the stone is smooth and varied. The color scheme is monochromatic, adding to the ancient atmosphere of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.2 × 23.5 cm (10 5/16 × 9 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.137.5.15

  • Volume Title

    Views in Jerusalem and Athens

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's, London, 08 May 1992, lot 19, as Sebastopol and Balaclava, Greece and Jerusalem. An album containing Twenty Four Photographs, 1850s); Michael and Jane Wilson, Wilson Centre for Photography, London, acquired 1992; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower left in negative: [ ] & Beato; lower left in negative: Convent of Mar Saba / 1857; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in brown ink: [? inscription possibly in Greek]

Wikidata ID

Q64155504

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