Olive Trees at Gethsemane, 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 ancient, thick-trunked olive trees clustered together in a garden setting. The trees are gnarled and timeworn, with dense foliage casting shadows. Beyond the trees, there is sparse shrubbery, small hedges, and a hillside with a long stone wall with fortifications and battlements. The scene has a sepia tone color palette, highlighting the textures of trees, earth, and stone structures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.4 × 31.5 cm (9 3/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.137.5.9

  • 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 right in negative: Robertson & Beato; bottom right in negative: geth[cut off]; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: 95.516[?]

Wikidata ID

Q64155496

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