id:			136937
accession number:	1961.413
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.413
updated:		2023-03-09 12:48:17.174000

Putto, c. 1760. Workshop of Ignaz Günther (German, 1725–1775). Painted and gilded wood; overall: 59 x 43.2 x 16.3 cm (23 1/4 x 17 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1961.413

title:				Putto
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creation date:			c. 1760
creation date earliest:		1755
creation date latest:		1765
current location:		214 Central and Northern European
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Germany, Munich, 18th century
technique:	painted and gilded wood
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Ignaz Günther (German, 1725–1775)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 59 x 43.2 x 16.3 cm (23 1/4 x 17 x 6 7/16 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Possibly Johanneskirchen near Munich
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	Possiblly Rathspieler (Munich)
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	Paul Drey Gallery (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.
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wall description:
This charming winged putto reclines on a cloud, hands clasped in an attitude of adoration. It is probably a fragment of a large decorative scheme of a church, perhaps the Johanneskirchen near Munich.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Wixom, William D. "Annual Report: Decorative Arts." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art XLIX</em> (June, 1962):125-126.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 126
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	<em>The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art XLIX</em>, no.11 ( November, 1964): 222.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 222
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	"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums." <em>The Art Quarterly</em> XXV, no. 3 (Autumn 1962): 262-280.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 264
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	Hawley, Henry H. "Eighteenth century Sculpture from Germany and Austria." <em>The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LI </em>(January, 1964): 3-13.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 8
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 150
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n174

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 150
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n174

	Ditner, David Charles. <em>Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century European Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Thesis Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University, 1986.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 41a; Mentioned: p. 326-329
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