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Landscape with Putti
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About this work
In the 1530s, the Italian artist Rosso Primaticcio was sent by the French king Francis I to Rome. There, Rosso studied classical sculpture and monuments, which he reproduced in his drawings and casts. These works by Rosso had a significant impact on Fontainebleau School's printmakers, such as Antonio Fantuzzi and Léon Davent. Here in this etching, Davent reproduces a picturesque landscape filled with ruined classical monuments and populated by playful putti.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLandscapes: Landscape with Putti, c. 1550. Léon Davent (French). Etching; sheet: 17 x 24.8 cm (6 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.); platemark: 16.6 x 24.1 cm (6 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1989.78
