Projects for Statues: Four Putti Figures, 1726

A pen and gray wash drawing shows four small nude putti standing on pedestals, each with a different pose and attribute, arranged in a row across a pale sheet. Handwritten inscriptions in ink appear beneath each figure and along the lower edge, with a flourished signature at the bottom center.

Artist

Jan Claudius de Cock

Date

1726

Medium

Black crayon, pen, ink, brush, gray watercolor on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2592 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum