Marble bust of Antonia
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Marble bust of Antonia is a 1864 photographic by Louise Laffon, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The photograph is titled "Marble bust of Antonia" by Louise Laffon. It was created in 1863-1864. The Victoria and Albert Museum holds this photograph, which is part of its collection that started in 1852, and it's interesting that the museum saw the potential of photography early on to help artists and students. You can learn more about the movement by looking up Impressionism.
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds a series of albumen prints documenting marble sculptures, including a bust of Antonia, purchased in 1864 from the Parisian photographer Louise Laffon. The series, originally part of the Campana Collection at the Musée Napoléon III (now the Louvre), consists of 500 prints depicting architecture, sculpture, and decorative arts. Laffon’s work was acquired through the agent Monsieur E. Cappe, with some prints retaining her original gilded mounts bearing the gender-neutral stamp "L. Laffon" and her studio name, "Photographie Lord Byron."
Read the full account in the museum source.
Louise Laffon (1828–1885), was a French photographer and painter. She was one of the first female professional photographers in France. She had a studio in Paris between 1859 and 1876.
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