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Putto
Ignaz Güntherc. 1760
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Putto
- Creator: Ignaz Günther (German, 1725-1775)
- Date Created: c. 1760
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 59 x 43.2 x 16.3 cm (23 1/4 x 17 x 6 7/16 in.)
- Provenance: Possibly Johanneskirchen near Munich, Possiblly Rathspieler (Munich), Paul Drey Gallery (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.413
- Medium: painted and gilded wood
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Germany, Munich, 18th century
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Sculpture
- Accession Number: 1961.413
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