Putto
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A putto is a figure in a work of art depicted as a chubby male child, usually naked and very often winged. Originally limited to profane passions in symbolism, the putto came to represent a sort of ba
Renaissance putti, detail from the Camera degli Sposi, by Andrea Mantegna, 1465–1474, fresco, Ducal Palace, Mantua, Italy
Three Putti Next to a Cartouche, after François Boucher, 1727–1760, etching and engraving, 26.5 × 21.5 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Roman putti in The Cupid Seller, National Archaeological Museum.
Six Byzantine putti attending to the goddess Hestia, on the Hestia Tapestry, 6th century, tapestry, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.
Eros
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Eros is the Greek god of love and sex. The Romans referred to him as Cupid or Amor. In the earliest account, he is a primordial god, while in later accounts he is the child of Aphrodite.
Putto
…winged infants that were believed to influence human lives. In Renaissance art, the form of the putto was derived in various ways including the Greek Eros or Roman Cupid (also called "Amor"), the god of love and companion of Aphrodite or Venus, respectively; the Roman genius, a type of guardian spirit…
The Eros Farnese, a Pompeiian marble thought to be a copy of the colossal Eros of Thespiae by Praxiteles
Etruscan or Greek mirror with an engraved depiction of Eros with lyre
Winged eros with toy cart, National Archaeological museum, Athens
Psyche et L'Amour (1889) by William Bouguereau.