Putto with a Skull
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Victoria and Albert Museum
London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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- Geprüft
- vor 8 Tagen
- Unverändert seit
- 25. Sept. 2026
- Quelle
- Sammlungsdaten des Museums selbst
About the sculpture
This statuette represents a putto standing with left foot on a skull. It is made in the Netherlands in ca. 1650. A veil is around his left leg, across buttocks and around his right arm. The right arm is at the side; the left arm in front of chest. It is probably a Memento Mori (remembrance of death), which purpose is to remind people of their mortality.
The same composition is known in ivory (Met NY).
Victoria and Albert Museum
Angaben
- Inventarnummer
- A.24-1951
What it shows
Im Katalog
Quellen
- Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · abgerufen vor 8 Tagen
- Bild: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
