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Pair or Putti Statuettes: Putto as Summer and Putto as Spring

c. 1765

Ferdinand Tietz

(Austrian, 1708–1777)
Germany, 18th century
painted and gilded wood
Overall: 13.2 x 6.6 x 5.2 cm (5 3/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1962.208
Location: Not on view
  • Dr. Kurt Rossacher (Salzburg, Austria), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1962.
  • Hawley, Henry H. “Ferdinand Tietz and: The Rococo Style in Sculpture.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 1 (January 1963): 7–13. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 11-12, fig. 6 www.jstor.org
    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
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 167 archive.org
  • Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).
  • {{cite web|title=Pair or Putti Statuettes: Putto as Summer and Putto as Spring|url=false|author=Ferdinand Tietz|year=c. 1765|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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