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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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So I continued: "Indeed, there are only three paintings, as far as I know, with 'grapes' in the title: two of them are from Annibale Carraci's Panels For A Musical Instrument and are called Putto Gathering Grapes and Silenus Gathering Grapes, and the third is by an unknown Spanish artist, probably of the 19th century, and is called A Man And A Child Eating Grapes, though I must say the grapes look more like olives to me and are definitely far from beautiful."

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The putto bought for me by my father outside Stoke on Trent is a figure in a work of art depicted as a chubby male child, usually nude and sometimes winged.

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