Art, literature & history
Ancient Statue of Seated Putto Playing with Mask
1775
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, and stumping, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 54.2 × 37.6 cm (21 3/8 × 14 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1922.1455
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
John Downman. Ancient Statue of Seated Putto Playing with Mask. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Ancient Statue of Seated Putto Playing with Mask — John Downman. 1775.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, and stumping, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: 54.2 × 37.6 cm (21 3/8 × 14 13/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.