Interior of the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
1863
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
1863
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
You see an 1863 watercolor inside the Dome of the Rock. Morning light pours through arched windows, painting the marble in soft blues and golds. A lone figure kneels on the patterned floor, tiny against the vast octagonal space. This was painted during a travel boom. More Europeans saw the Middle East firsthand and brought back sketchbooks. Watercolors like this fed a hunger for “exotic” holy sites back home. Look at Werner’s other work at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
