- Object Name:
- Wall Hanging
- Title:
- Temple Mount and Western Wall
- Place Made:
- Jerusalem (?) (Israel)
- Date:
- 1843/44
- Medium:
- Perforated paper: embroidered with wool
- Dimensions:
- 17 3/4 × 23 in. (45.1 × 58.4 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman
- Accession Number:
- F 1261
Not On View
The contents of the scene are indicated by Hebrew headings: above: Solomon's Temple (site of el-Aqsa Mosque); Jerusalem w[ith] the Temple Mount; below: the Western Wall, the year [5] 604 (=1843/4). The forms are rendered with a colorful palette. The Dome of the Rock is shown as a domed polygonal building with a roof finial, a feature appearing on Al-Aqsa and the minaret at far left. The trees are sycamores which became symbols of the Temple mount. An unusual detail are the pair of birds flanking the central sycamore.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.