Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager
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Patricia Hills, taken of an image in the Brooklyn Museum Archives
37.4 Euro Drawing Copies after European Artists

Throughout the modern period artists have learned their craft by copying other artists, and Johnson was no exception. Using both drawing implements and paint (see Themes 4.0 and 5.0 for his European painted copies), Johnson chose artworks that indicate his admiration for the Renaissance masters, Rembrandt, and his famous contemporaries. —PH

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Hills no. 37.4.3r
Baur no. 452
Putti (after a European artist)
c.1851–55
Pencil on brown paper
8 1/4 x 11 in. (21 x 27.9 cm)
Verso: Sketch of a Cabinet [verso of Putti], c.1851–55 (Hills no. 37.1.21v)
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Record last updated March 30, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Putti (after a European artist), c.1851–55 (Hills no. 37.4.3r)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=834 (accessed on March 29, 2024).