Seated Putto
SculptureItalian17th-19th century

Seated Putto

17th-19th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist
Classification
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Italian
Century
17th-19th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

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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