Seated Putto
17th-19th century
Artists
Dimensions
4.2 x 4.2 x 1.4 cm (1 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Walter S. Poor, Ridgefield CT, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1944. Poor noted that the piece was found in the early 1860s near the palace of the Caesars, Rome.
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