The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

Artist Otto Henry Bacher (American, 1856-1909)

Date1881

DimensionsH: 21 3/4 in. (55.2 cm); W: 18 1/2 in. (47 cm)

MediumEtching.

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Mary H. Bacher

Object number

1938.5

Not on View

Label TextThirteen putti (figures of babies, often naked and with wings, found especially in Renaissance and Baroque art) dance in a circle to the music of two more putti on the left. One plays the viola, the other the shawm (a medieval instrument related to the oboe).Published ReferencesAndrew, William W., Otto H. Bacher, Madison, WI, 1973, p.91.