Putto

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A putto (Italian: [ˈputto]; plural putti [ˈputti]) is a figure in a work of art depicted as a chubby male child, usually naked and very often winged. Originally limited to profane passions in symbolism, the putto came to represent a sort of baby angel in religious art, often called cherubs (plural cherubim), though in traditional Christian theology a cherub is actually one of the most senior types of angel.

The same figures were also seen in representations of classical myth, and increasingly in general decorative art. In Baroque art the putto came to represent the omnipresence of God. A putto representing a cupid is also called an amorino (plural amorini) or amoretto (plural amoretti).
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  • Putten-Fassriegel

    Putten-Fassriegel

    Putten-Fassriegel. Über dem...

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    Image: Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer - CC BY

  • Putten-Fassriegel

    Putten-Fassriegel

    Ziemlich vollrund geschnitzt....

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    Image: Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer - CC BY

  • Plakette, Elb-Havel-Sängerbundesfest, 1925

    Plakette, Elb-Havel-Sängerbundesfest, 1925

    Die Plakette ziegt Avers: Auf...

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    Image: Museum Wolmirstedt - RR-F

  • Drei Engel im Himmel, von weiteren Putti begleitet - Das Himmlische Halleluja (?), von Carl Christian Andreae, 1859

    Drei Engel im Himmel, von weiteren Putti begleitet - Das Himmlische Halleluja (?), von Carl Christian Andreae, 1859

    Drei Engel mit Palmzweigen...

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    Image: Schloß Wernigerode GmbH - RR-F

  • Hausaltar

    Hausaltar

    Der volkstümliche Hausaltar...

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    Image: Städt. Hellweg-Museum Geseke - CC BY-NC-SA

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