Landscape with Putti (c. 1550): Art, History and Details

Landscape with Putti (c. 1550) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Léon Davent (French).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

In the 1530s, the Italian artist Rosso Primaticcio was sent by the French king Francis I to Rome. There, Rosso studied classical sculpture and monuments, which he reproduced in his drawings and casts. These works by Rosso had a significant impact on Fontainebleau School's printmakers, such as Antonio Fantuzzi and Léon Davent. Here in this etching, Davent reproduces a picturesque landscape filled with ruined classical monuments and populated by playful putti.

Object facts

• Title: Landscape with Putti
• Date: c. 1550
• Creator attribution: Léon Davent (French)
• Culture: France
• Type: Print
• Technique: etching
• Dimensions: Sheet: 17 x 24.8 cm (6 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Platemark: 16.6 x 24.1 cm (6 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
• Collection: PR - Etching
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1989.78

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

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