Definitions for "Putti"
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Little Loved-Ones (Italian) or Cherubs (French)
a cupid
Small chubby indents, often used for decoration. They derive from both cherubim and cupids.
carved or painted naked children representation (Renaissance style)'
representations of baby angels, nude or in swaddling bands, used in art, esp. in Italy in the 15th-17th. picture
Emerging from the Renaissance period, depictions of two or more small naked boys with wings, often seen in paintings and in metal work on lamps, vases & urns.
Winged cherubs (singular Putto).
Plaster cherubs whose chubby forms often decorate the interiors of baroque chapels and churches.
decorative figures of small male cherubs, much used during the Renaissance