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1967.31.2.b

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Putto with a Sea Monster

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Artist

Jean Pierre Montagny

Title

Putto with a Sea Monster

Creation Date

1834

Century

19th century

Dimensions

2 in. x 3 11/16 in. (5.1 cm. x 9.4 cm.)

Object Type

plaquette

Creation Place

Europe, France

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1967.31.2.b

Object Description

421B PUTTO WITH A SEA MONSTER, 1834
A putto, nude except for a narrow piece of drapery, holding an oar in his right hand, lies upon a sea monster which swims to the right. Below, 1834 MONTAGNY FECIT. Raised border.

Bronze, 51 x 94 mm.

Other specimens: (bronze) Berlin, Staatliche Museen; Belluno, Museo Civico.

Bibl.: Bange, no. 958, pl. 79 (as Italian, middle of the sixteenth century).