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What is a putto?

What is a putto? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A representation, in a work of art (especially Renaissance or Baroque), of a small, naked, winged child; a cherub.
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In her drawing of a putto flying over Montreal, she displays a keen sense of humour about the whimsical nature of love.
Meanwhile, the other winged putto looks sadly over her shoulder, perhaps pitying Cupid, or possibly foreseeing his own fate.
In the foreground a young putto kneels before a barrel of what is undoubtedly wine.
The putto about to crush a dragon with a stone is a motif he would reuse in goldsmithing.
Fountain made of stone from Saint-Maximin, representing a conch blowing putto triton sitting on a stone.
A blue-winged putto, garlanded with pink and white flowers, gazes forward into the viewer's space.

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