Putto in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Francis of Assisi, Luca Giordano

The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Francis of Assisi, 1680s.

Luca Giordano (Italian), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Taste, Sketch for the Reception Hall of the Town Hall of the 10th Arrondissement of Paris, Lionel Royer

Taste, Sketch for the Reception Hall of the Town Hall of the 10th Arrondissement of Paris, 1906.

Esquisse pour la mairie du 10ème arrondissement de Paris… (museum title)

Lionel Royer (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Cupid Abandoning Psyche, c. 1695–1697.

Luca Giordano (Italian), oil on copper

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

A Young Bacchus, 1824.

Martin Archer Shee (British), oil on canvas

Tate, United Kingdom

Psyche Crowning Cupid, Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Psyche Crowning Cupid, 1785–1790.

Psyche Couronnant l'Amour (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

Portrait of Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687) and his Five Children, Adriaen Hanneman

Portrait of Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687) and his Five Children, 1640.

Adriaen Hanneman (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

The Geniuses of the Arts, François Boucher

The Geniuses of the Arts, 1761.

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, France

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, François Boucher

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1757.

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Cupid a Captive, c. 1754.

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Wallace Collection, United Kingdom

Apollo Revealing His Divinity to the Shepherdess Isse, François Boucher

Apollo Revealing His Divinity to the Shepherdess Isse, 1750.

Apollo Revealing his Divinity before the Shepherdess Isse (museum title)

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours, France

Allegory of Painting and Sculpture

Allégorie de la peinture et de la sculpture (museum title)

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology, Troyes, France

A Child Picking Fruit, Gerrit van Honthorst

A Child Picking Fruit, c. 1632.

Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

Aurora and Cephalus, 1769.

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Young Artist Daydreaming, Gustave Wappers

Young Artist Daydreaming, 1857.

Gustave Wappers (Belgian), oil on wood

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium

Herse Preparing to Receive Mercury, Jan Verkolje

Herse Preparing to Receive Mercury, 1665–1693.

Herse bereder sig til at modtage Merkur (museum title)

Jan Verkolje (Dutch), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Adoration of the Shepherds, Luca Giordano

Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1690–1691.

Luca Giordano (Italian), oil on canvas

Detroit Institute of Arts, United States

Dreams of Love, 1825–1850.

Rêves d'amour (museum title)

Octave Tassaert (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Fountain of Venus, 1756.

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Venus Consoling Love, 1751.

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Rape of Europa, 1747.

The Rape of Europa or Abduction of Europa (museum title)

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

The Palace of Aurora, Henri Fantin-Latour

The Palace of Aurora, 1902.

Henri Fantin-Latour (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Annunciation, 1672.

Luca Giordano (Italian), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Self-Portrait, 1814–1816.

Moritz Daniel Oppenheim (German), oil on canvas

Jewish Museum, United States

Allegorical Figures, Jean-Simon Berthélemy

Allegorical Figures, c. 1770.

Jean-Simon Berthélemy (French), oil on canvas

Detroit Institute of Arts, United States

Allegory of Painting, 1765.

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Midas Returns Silenus to Bacchus, Sébastien Bourdon

Midas Returns Silenus to Bacchus, 1637.

Мидас возвращает Силена Вакху (museum title)

Sébastien Bourdon (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Cupids. Allegory of Painting, François Boucher

Cupids. Allegory of Painting, 1760s.

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Vulcan Presenting Arms to Venus for Aeneas, François Boucher

Vulcan Presenting Arms to Venus for Aeneas, 1756.

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Clark Art Institute, United States

The Toilette of Venus, 1751.

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Toilet of Venus, 1746.

François Boucher (French), oil

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Portrait of a Woman, 1691.

Portret van een vrouw (museum title)

Jan Verkolje (Dutch), oil on copper

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Venus on the Waves, 1769.

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Allegory of Africa, Ferdinand van Kessel

Allegory of Africa, 1690.

Afrika (museum title)

Ferdinand van Kessel (Belgian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Allegory of Europe, Ferdinand van Kessel

Allegory of Europe, 1689.

Europa (museum title)

Ferdinand van Kessel (Belgian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Cupid Visiting the Sleeping Psyche, Luca Giordano

Cupid Visiting the Sleeping Psyche, c. 1695–1697.

Luca Giordano (Italian), oil on copper

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Ceres in search of Proserpine, David Wilkie

Ceres in search of Proserpine, 1803.

David Wilkie (British), oil on canvas

Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

Pastoral Scene with Two Shepherdesses, François Boucher

Pastoral Scene with Two Shepherdesses, 1760.

Pastorale Scene with Two Shepherdesses (museum title)

François Boucher (French), oil

Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany

Modello for the Ascension of the Virgin, Pierre Paul Rubens

Modello for the Ascension of the Virgin, c. 1622–1625.

'Modello' for the Ascension of the Virgin (museum title)

Pierre Paul Rubens (Belgian), oil on wood

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

The Vow of Louis XIII, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

The Vow of Louis XIII, 1824.

Le Vœu de Louis XIII (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

Montauban Cathedral, France

The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, François Boucher

The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, 1744.

Le Mariage de l'Amour et Psyché (museum title)

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

Danaë and the Shower of Gold. Study

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Allegory of America, Ferdinand van Kessel

Allegory of America, 1691.

Amerika (museum title)

Ferdinand van Kessel (Belgian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Psyche Served by Invisible Spirits, Luca Giordano

Psyche Served by Invisible Spirits, c. 1695–1697.

Luca Giordano (Italian), oil on copper

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

The Flight into Egypt, 1701.

Luca Giordano (Italian), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Allegory of Music, 1764.

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Venus and Aeneas, 17th century.

Венера и Эней (museum title)

Sébastien Bourdon (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

The Assumption of the Virgin, François Boucher

The Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1759.

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada

Saint John the Baptist, François Boucher

Saint John the Baptist, c. 1755.

François Boucher (French), oil on canvas

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Innocence Led Astray by Love, or The Triumph of Hymen

L'Innocence entraînée par l'Amour ou Le triomphe de l'Hymen (museum title)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

The Crowning of Roxana, Pierre Paul Rubens

The Crowning of Roxana, 17th century.

Pierre Paul Rubens (Belgian), oil on wood

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States