Three putti

Filippo Falciatoreca. 1750

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Three putti flying: one carrying a fish, one a goose, and the other shooting with bow and arrow at a bird; separate study of a hand and floating drapery in upper left.

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Title: Three putti
Creator: Filippo Falciatore
Creator Lifespan: 1737/1768
Date Created: ca. 1750
Type: Drawing
Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium: Pen and brown ink, black charcoal on cream laid paper; verso: pen and brown ink
Provenance: Giovannie Piancastelli; Edward BrandegeeMary Brandegee (Mrs. Edward Brandegee)
Paper Support: Cream laid paper
Inscribed: Inscribed in pen and brown ink at lower right on verso: Filippo Falciatore
Exhibitions: New York, NY - Finch College Museum of Art, "The Two Sicilies, Drawings from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum," February 4 - March 20, 1970; traveled to Wellesley, MA - Wellesley College, September 12 - November 22, 1970.Naples, IT - Palazzo di Capodimonte, "Civiltà del '700 a Napoli, 1734-1799," December, 1979 - October, 1980.
Dimensions: 19.8 x 27.8 cm (7 13/16 x 10 15/16 in.)

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