Putti Pair (mid-1700s): Art, History and Details

Putti Pair (mid-1700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Ferdinand Tietz (Austrian, 1708–1777).

The work and its context

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

These airborne cherubs probably formed part of the decorations crowning an church altar. One of the putti holds a heart, which would originally have included a flame (now lost). An expression of religious fervor, the burning heart also referenced the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which in Christian imagery symbolized Christ’s love for humanity.

Object facts

• Title: Putti Pair
• Date: mid-1700s
• Creator attribution: Ferdinand Tietz (Austrian, 1708–1777)
• Culture: Germany, near Bamberg, 18th century
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: painted and gilded wood
• Dimensions: Overall: 55.9 x 41.9 x 41.9 cm (22 x 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.)
• Collection: Sculpture
• Department: European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1971.8

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• "Year in Review" The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LVIII, no.12 (December, 1971): 96.
• Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1971." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 59, no. 1 (1972): 3-46.
• Henry Hawley, "Three Works by Ferdinand Tietz from Schloss Seehof," Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art LIX (September 1972): 204-211.

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