Deposition
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Lamentation of Christ
Dominant colour
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Deposition is a photographic by Guido Calori, depicting Lamentation of Christ, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a black-and-white photo of a carved relief showing three figures. One person is kneeling, holding up a limp body wrapped in cloth. Another stands beside them, reaching toward the head. The scene looks like it’s set in a shallow niche, with rough stone edges framing the group. The figures are simple but expressive, with strong lines showing their emotions. The cloth clings to the body in a way that makes it look heavy and real. Look up *lamentation of christ* to see how this scene fits into a bigger tradition.
The photograph, mounted on green card, depicts a deposition scene and is part of a collection bequeathed by William Kineton Parkes in 1938. Parkes, a novelist, art historian, and librarian known for his work on sculpture, solicited responses from sculptors in the 1920s through questionnaires, now preserved in the Archive of Art and Design. This image is one of many photographs sent to Parkes by the sculptors he contacted to complete his survey.
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Guido Calori made moody, grainy photographs in the mid-20th-century style—think soft lights and deep shadows.
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