VENETIAN SCULPTOR, first half of the 18th century
Pair of marble cherubs
white marble, cm. 65 h
This pair of wingless marble putti was most probably part of the sculptural decoration of a minor altar. This would explain both the curved cut of the support on which the two putti rest and their peculiar physiognomy, which appears awkward when viewed perpendicularly but is coherent when viewed from below. This perspective stratagem, as well as the participatory gestures of the two putti, are profoundly influenced by Baroque sculpture, although these can be dated to a later period. This hypothesis could be confirmed by a comparison with the work of the sculptor Daniele Peracca (active between the mid-17th and early 18th century), designed for the high altar of the Church of the SS. Apostoli in Verona, which would therefore place ours in the Venetian area in the first half of the 18th century.
