Posts Tagged ‘Angels’
Putto, Not a Cherub?
The small monument for Anna Rinda Marcy, who died in 1882 at age 1, features a putto or a chubby male child, usually nude and sometimes winged. Today putto and…
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Most angels in American cemeteries are rooted in Christian tradition. Although there are Biblical references to angels, there are no physical descriptions included in the text. Early representations on sarcophagi depict angels as young men.
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