Bas-relief scroll with four masques in terra cotta
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Bas-relief scroll with four masques in terra cotta is a 1864 photographic by Louise Laffon, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Louise Laffon worked in terra cotta to make a relief scroll. It holds four masques and dates from 1863–1864. This is a photograph, not a sculpture, though it looks like one. It shows how early photographers copied old art forms. The Victoria and Albert Museum kept it in its first photo collection. They started showing photos in 1858. Check out the museum that saved early photographs.
