Two semi-nude Putti Embracing, One Male and the other Female

1560 - 1570.
Not on display

The motif of two putti, one male and one female, standing in pairs derives from the decorations on the fronts of the thrones on which the Prophets are seated in Michelangelo’s fresco decoration of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. This pair is freely adapted from the panels of the throne to either side of the Prophet Zacharias.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Chicago, Art Services International, 2008, p.342

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Two semi-nude Putti Embracing, One Male and the other Female

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Inventory number: D001779
Author: Passerotti, Bartolomeo (Copy: Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti))
Title: Two semi-nude Putti Embracing, One Male and the other Female
Date: 1560 - 1570
Dimension: Height: 378 mm; Width: 238 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931

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Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVI (por Nicholas Turner, con la colaboración de José Manuel Matilla), V, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004, pp. 342.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 342.