Pair Of Putti, Terracotta, Seventeenth Century, Florence.

Pair of putti, terracotta, seventeenth century Florence. Pair of terracotta statues of two children wearing large curls and wearing a cloth tied at the waist. At the foot of each, is a vase-shaped base resting on lions' claws. Considering the positions of the arms and the breaks, we can imagine that they were flares held by putti. Each statue is based on an oval base. Since the Renaissance, Florence is an important center of production sculpture in terracotta. The ungainly posture (or Contrapposto) inherited from antiquity and idealized naturalism of children are typical of the statuary of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century in Tuscany. Breaks Hand and attributes. Shards on the surface. Sun (H x D). 96 x 34 cm