Putti playing music, design for a pendentive

Amalteo, Pomponio (1505-1588)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

1538-1539

Height:

5.7 cm  (2 1/4 in.)

Width:

5.1 cm  (2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over red chalk, on blue paper

Place of creation:

Italia

Description

Three putti, two playing string instruments that resemble a harp and a viola da gamba. The putto on the right may be holding a partially visible instrument, but the depiction is unclear.

Iconclass

92D1916
cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
48C731
string instruments (bowed)
48C732
string instruments (plucked)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Stringed instruments [3101] (bowed and plucked string instruments)
Harp [3285]
Viola da gamba [3604]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

6056