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Putti Pair

Putti Pair

mid-1700s
(Austrian, 1708–1777)
Germany, near Bamberg, 18th century
painted and gilded wood
Overall: 55.9 x 41.9 x 41.9 cm (22 x 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1971.8
Location: 214 Central and Northern European

Description

These airborne cherubs probably formed part of the decorations crowning an church altar. One of the putti holds a heart, which would originally have included a flame (now lost). An expression of religious fervor, the burning heart also referenced the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which in Christian imagery symbolized Christ’s love for humanity.
  • Kurt Rossacher (Salzburg, Austria), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971.
  • "Year in Review" The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LVIII, no.12 (December, 1971): 96. Reproduced: p. 96
    Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1971." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 59, no. 1 (1972): 3-46. Referenced: cat. no. 15, p. 40, Reproduced: p. 11 www.jstor.org
    Henry Hawley, "Three Works by Ferdinand Tietz from Schloss Seehof," Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art LIX (September 1972): 204-211. Reproduced: p. 207, fig. 3 www.jstor.org
    "Museum Accessions." The Magazine Antiques CIII, no. 5 (May 1973): 866-886. Reproduced: p. 866
    Ditner, David Charles. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century European Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Dissertation. Cleveland, OH: Case Western Reserve University, 1986. Mentioned: p. 438-440; Reproduced: fig. 59a
  • Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).
  • {{cite web|title=Putti Pair |url=false|author=Ferdinand Tietz|year=mid-1700s|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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