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Putti Pair
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePutti Pair , mid-1700s. Ferdinand Tietz (Austrian, 1708–1777). Painted and gilded wood; overall: 55.9 x 41.9 x 41.9 cm (22 x 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1971.8
