Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003797Study after Antique Statue of Seated Putto Holding Mask of Silenus
by John Downman
Inscriptions
Recto, lower right, in graphite: “From the statue in the Capital/by JD 1775”; stamp, William F.E. Gurley; verso: Lugt 1230b
Exhibition history
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Dionysos Unmasked: Ancient Sculpture and Early Prints," July 31, 2015–February 15, 2016, no cat.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- John Downman / English, 1750-1824
- Date
- 1775
- Medium
- Charcoal, with stumping, and black crayon, heightened with white chalk, on ivory laid paper, prepared with a tan ground
- Dimensions
- 53.9 × 37 cm (21 1/4 × 14 5/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- chalk
- Place
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 1922.1448
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