Putto

Description

This charming winged putto reclines on a cloud, hands clasped in an attitude of adoration. It is probably a fragment of a large decorative scheme of a church, perhaps the Johanneskirchen near Munich.

Provenance

Possibly Johanneskirchen near Munich; Possiblly Rathspieler (Munich); Paul Drey Gallery (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.

Putto

Ignaz Günther

c. 1760

Accession Number

1961.413

Medium

painted and gilded wood

Dimensions

Overall: 59 x 43.2 x 16.3 cm (23 1/4 x 17 x 6 7/16 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund