Carl Frederich Heinrich Werner (German, 1808-1894)

Carl Werner, who visited Palestine and Egypt between 1862 and 1864 depicts with an accurate rendering the Holy Rock, sacred to both Muslims and Jews and which is located at the centre of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
According to Islamic belief, it is the place from which the Prophet Muhammad, founder of Islam, is traditionally believed to have ascended into heaven on his horse Buraq.
The Rock is also revered in Jewish tradition as the site where Abraham, the progenitor and first patriarch of the Hebrew people, prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac.