A Winged Cherub in Amsterdam
by Mary Lee Dereske
Title
A Winged Cherub in Amsterdam
Artist
Mary Lee Dereske
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Photograph - Artistic Natural Photography
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This architectural cherub plays a trumpet, or horn, on a building in Amsterdam. The cherub, also called putto in Italian, is a figure in a of of art depicted as a chubby male child, usually naked and sometimes winged. The cherub is one of the heavenly beings who directly attend to God. The trumpet is a form of announcement, sometimes a sound of glory.
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