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David RobertsThe Church of Purification
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About the Item
First Edition lithograph
Full plate: 16
Presented in a acid free mount
Modern hand-coloured lithograph for the first edition of David Roberts' The Holy Land.
Published by F.G. Moon & Son, London 1842-49.
This lithograph, titled Church of the Purification, is one of several views of Jerusalem published by the artist-traveler in The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Egypt, & Nubia (1842–49). The artist’s nine-month trip through the Middle East in 1838–39 was inspired by his earlier travels in Spain and Morocco as well as his involvement with T. H. Horne’s Landscape Illustrations of the Bible (1836). In Roberts’ Church of the Purification, the prominent structure at the far left of the scene is the silver-domed Al-Aqsa Mosque (the third holiest site in Islam). The Reverend George Croly—who wrote the text that accompanied Roberts’ prints in the Holy Land publication—believed that this Islamic structure had replaced the Byzantine Church of the Purification, which had been commissioned by the Emperor Justinian in the 6th century.
Archaeological evidence, however, indicates that this famous church was actually in another quarter of the city and not on the Temple Mount. The Church of the Purification is, in fact, not represented in this westward view of the Jerusalem landscape. What Roberts does depict in Church of the Purification, however, in addition to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, is the famous Western (or Wailing) Wall (one of the most sacred sites in Judaism) and the renowned gold-domed Islamic shrine, the Dome of the Rock. Through this scene, Roberts offers a distant view of Temple Mount, one of the most important religious sites in Jerusalem—and one held sacred by Christianity and Judaism as well as Islam.
- Creator:David Roberts (1796-1864, British)
- Dimensions:Height: 12.5 in (31.75 cm)Width: 19 in (48.26 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU52417043182
David Roberts
David Roberts was born outside of Edinburgh, Scotland. At age 10 he became a house painter’s apprentice. He continued painting houses and, eventually, theater scenes in Edinburgh and then in London. Roberts’ friend, J.M.W. Turner, recognized his artistic talent and encouraged him to become a full-time artist.
In 1839 Roberts traveled to Egypt and then in 1840, through the Holy Land, concluding in Jerusalem. Upon his return to England, F.G. Moon agreed to publish lithographs created by Louis Haghe from Roberts’ sketches and watercolors. This publication was highly acclaimed and very popular for its esthetic quality, its historical and topographical accuracy, and Roberts’ dramatic depiction of his scenes. Queen Victoria and Charles Dickens were among the subscribers who collected his works. Roberts’ and Haghe’s duotone lithographs, often colored, remain extremely sought after today and have been rising steadily in value.
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