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Susan Saneon

John Downton (1906–1991)

The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Susan Saneon

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The sitter remains unknown and the date unclear. It is thought that this painting dates from c.1948. It appears to have been based, as Downton's pictures often are, on an earlier work of art. Here the specific painting he has used is difficult to identify, because the type is common among German portraits of the early sixteenth century, as well as in the work of Dod Proctor, who painted similar portraits in the 1930s.

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Title

Susan Saneon

Date

c. 1948

Medium

tempera on mahogany panel

Measurements

H 50.5 x W 34.7 cm

Accession number

WA1998.84

Acquisition method

Presented by The John Downton Trust, 1998

Work type

Painting

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John Downton

1906–1991

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