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‖ putto|ˈputto|
Pl. putti |ˈputti|, also 7 puti.
[It. putto, pl. putti, boy, lad, stripling, ad. L. putus boy, child.]
A representation of a child, nude or in swaddling bands, used in art, esp. in Italy in the 15th–17th c.
1644Evelyn Diary 17 Nov., That stupendous canopy of Corinthian brasse [in St. Peter's]; it consists of 4 wreath'd columns..incircl'd with vines, on which hang little puti, birds and bees. 1649― Ibid. 7 Sept., The staire-case and the ornaments of Putti about it. 1894B. Berenson in Nation (N.Y.) 30 Aug. 157/2 It was his passion..for the expression of the joyful feeling that led Correggio to seize every chance to paint putti. 1914C. F. Bell Drawings by Old Masters in Christ Church 44 Fiammingo, François du Quesnoy, attributed to... A nude putto playing with a goat. 1931B. Berenson Ital. Pictures of Renaissance 109 Bramantino (Bartolommeo Suardi)... Milan... 16. Fresco: Putto under Vine. 1968Listener 22 Aug. 247/1 The omission in Poussin's painting of anything corresponding to the putto in the Bordone leads to a strange placing of the left leg. 1973Daily Tel. 13 Feb. 13/6 On one side are two coats of arms in Baroque mantling held together by ribbons in the hand of a flying putto. |