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Putto

c. 1760

workshop of Ignaz Günther

(German, 1725–1775)

Germany, Munich, 18th century

Painted and gilded wood

Overall: 59 x 43.2 x 16.3 cm (23 1/4 x 17 x 6 7/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1961.413

Location

214 Central and Northern European

Description

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.

Provenance

Possibly Johanneskirchen near Munich

Possiblly Rathspieler (Munich)

Paul Drey Gallery (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.

Citations

Wixom, William D. "Annual Report: Decorative Arts." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art XLIX (June, 1962):125-126. Reproduced: p. 126

The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art XLIX, no.11 ( November, 1964): 222. Mentioned: p. 222

"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums." The Art Quarterly XXV, no. 3 (Autumn 1962): 262-280. Mentioned: p. 264

Hawley, Henry H. "Eighteenth century Sculpture from Germany and Austria." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LI (January, 1964): 3-13. Reproduced: p. 8

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 150 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 150 archive.org

Ditner, David Charles. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century European Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Thesis Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University, 1986. Reproduced: fig. 41a; Mentioned: p. 326-329