Putto (c. 1760): Art, History and Details

Putto (c. 1760) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Ignaz Günther (German, 1725–1775).

The work and its context

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

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.

Object facts

• Title: Putto
• Date: c. 1760
• Creator attribution: Ignaz Günther (German, 1725–1775)
• Culture: Germany, Munich, 18th century
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: painted and gilded wood
• Dimensions: Overall: 59 x 43.2 x 16.3 cm (23 1/4 x 17 x 6 7/16 in.)
• Collection: Sculpture
• Department: European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1961.413

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Wixom, William D. "Annual Report: Decorative Arts." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art XLIX (June, 1962):125-126.
• The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art XLIX, no.11 ( November, 1964): 222.
• "Accessions of American and Canadian Museums." The Art Quarterly XXV, no. 3 (Autumn 1962): 262-280.

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