put·to

(po͞o′tō)

n. pl. put·ti (-tē)

A representation of a small child, often naked and having wings, used especially in the art of the European Renaissance.

[Italian, boy, from Vulgar Latin *puttus, from Latin putus; see pau- in Indo-European roots.]

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putto

(ˈpʊtəʊ)

n, pl -ti (-tɪ)

(Art Terms) a representation of a small boy, a cherub or cupid, esp in baroque painting or sculpture. See also amoretto

[from Italian, from Latin putus boy]

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put•to

(ˈpu toʊ)

n., pl. -ti (-tē).

a representation of a cherubic infant, often shown winged.

[1635–45; < Italian: literally, boy < Latin putus]

putto

(or amorino) A figure of a small child or cherub.

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References in classic literature

It was pleasant to wake up in Florence, to open the eyes upon a bright bare room, with a floor of red tiles which look clean though they are not; with a painted ceiling whereon pink griffins and blue amorini sport in a forest of yellow violins and bassoons.

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Aile parole della donna segue un rapido cambiamento di scena che si muta in palazzo (popolato da vari gruppi di Geni, Ninfe, Amorini e Piaceri) con il coro che riprende le parole di Armida: "Si, d'amor la reggia e questa, / questo e il centro del piacere".

La strega innamorata. Riprese della figura di Armida sulla scena teatrale

In particolare, sono tre i momenti che piu manifestano questo contrasto, oltre ai due intermezzi identificati precedentemente: le lotte infantili degli Amorini nel canto XIII, la partita a scacchi del canto XV e i giochi funebri del canto XX.

Violenza ludica ed erotica per esorcizzare la guerra: i giochi nell'Adone di Marino

The conference was made possible by a generous gift from Elisabeth Salina Amorini, who founded the Jacques Rossi Memorial Gulag Research Fund at Georgetown.

What was the Gulag?

Hearst could not be convinced to buy the late 17th-century oak balustrade, carved with amorini, unicorns and ducal coronets and described by French & Co.

Sale of the century: Hamilton Palace was one of Britain's greatest ducal houses, but when it was demolished in the 1920s, its contents had already been sold in a series of spectacular auctions--to a new breed of American collector, epitomised by William Randolph Hearst

[54.] Tavazzi B, Di Pierro D, Amorini AM, Fazzina G, Tuttobene M, Giardina B, Lazzarino G.

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[25], decreased by Miller and colleagues [26], and increased by Amorini et al.

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That Venus & Amorini by S: Botticelli seems to me to be monstrous in price....

"My name is the right one" Lady Elizabeth (Rigby) Eastlake's professional art criticism