Israel's History - a Picture a Day: 19th Century Paintings of Jerusalem

Jews Praying at the Wailing Wall by Johann Martin Bernatz. The Ottoman Archives provided a date of 1868. (Author's digital photograph collection) Israel's History - a Picture a Day

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19th Century Paintings of Jerusalem Found in the Ottoman Imperial Archives Posted: 05 Sep 2016 10:42 PM PDT We pay tribute again to archivists and librarians who digitize their historical treasures. Pictures of these two paintings were found in the Ottoman Archives. The first painting is by German artist Johann Martin Bernatz (1802-1878) who traveled in the Holy Land in 1836. The second painting is by another German artist, Gustav Bauernfeind (1848-1904).  Jews Praying at the Wailing Wall by Gustav Bauernfeind. The Ottoman Archives provides a date of 1888. (Author's digital photograph collection) Bauernfeind moved to Jerusalem in 1898. He is buried in the German Templar Cemetery in Jerusalem. In 2007, his oil painting of the Wailing Wall sold for 4.5 Euros at Sotheby.

19th Century Painting of the Western Wall Posted by the Ottoman Imperial Archives

Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta)

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19th Century Painting of the Western Wall Posted by the Ottoman Imperial Archives Posted: 27 Jul 2015 In commemoration of Tisha B'Av Original caption: "Jews Praying at Wailing Wall in Jerusalem" by Johann Martin Bernatz in 1868 (?) We are thankful to the archivists at the Ottoman Imperial Archives for digitizing and  posting vintage pictures from Palestine on their website. On July 14, 2015, this incredible painting was posted. Note the Jews' lamentations. They are barefoot (their shoes are in the foreground), suggesting that the scene may be commemorating Tisha B'Av, a day of Jewish mourning for the destruction of the Jewish Temples and other calamities in Jewish history.  The painter, Johann Martin Bernatz, was born in Germany in 1802.  He traveled in the Middle East and Asia in 1836 and published 40 pictures from his journey in a book, "Pictures from the Holy Land, Drawn from Nature" in 1839.  We suggest that the painting was painted 30 years prior to the year in the Archives' caption.