Cherub

Object belonging

One's own

Category

Wood sculpture

City

Rome

Location

Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia

Specific location

Study room, cabinet, shelf 1, section A

Inventory

PV 09217/ 314

Material and technique

Sculpted and carved wood, gilding

Author

Roman School

Dating

17th century

Dimensions

18.5 x 75.6 x 8 cm.

Origin

Tower-Wurts Collection (1933)

Image copyright

SSPSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di Roma

Short description

As with many wood sculptures now at Palazzo Venezia, this work also came from the collection of George Washington Wurts (1843-1928), an American diplomat, whose collection was donated by his wife Henriette Tower to the Italian state in 1933 (W 373). It is difficult to surmise the original context of this fragment. It depicts the dark face of a putto, framed by soft golden ringlets, with outspread wings that are also golden; its style is reminiscent of Roman sculpture of the 17th century.

Grazia Maria Fachechi 

Bibliography

Unpublished