History Main / Putto

** ''Art/{{Cupid and Psyche|Bouguereau}}'': "Cupid and Psyche as Children" depicts Myth/CupidAndPsyche as naked, winged toddlers.

** ''Art/{{Cupid and Psyche|Bouguereau}}'': It depicts Myth/CupidAndPsyche of Myth/ClassicalMythology as a pair of infants together in the clouds, Cupid with white angel wings and Psyche with moth wings.

** ''Art/CupidAndPsycheAsChildren'' is an 1890 oil painting that depicts Myth/CupidAndPsyche of Myth/ClassicalMythology as a pair of infants together in the clouds, Cupid with white angel wings and Psyche with moth wings.

* ''Art/DrinkingBacchus'' by Creator/GuidoReni is a Baroque oil painting depicting the Roman god Bacchus as a putti wearing nothing but a crown of grapes and as he drinks wine from a bottle while urinating.

Not to be confused with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puto Filipino rice cakes]] or the Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese word for [[TheOldestProfession a male prostitute]], which are written with one T instead of two.

Not to be confused with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puto Filipino rice cakes]] or the Spanish word for [[TheOldestProfession a male prostitute]], which are written with one T instead of two.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Strong Bad refers to cherubs as "wingaling babies."

* The Alexandre Cabanel {{painting|s}} ''Art/{{The Birth of Venus|Cabanel}}'' (not to be confused with the [[Art/TheBirthOfVenusBotticelli more famous Botticelli painting of the same name]]) depicts Venus [[RecliningVenus in a reclining position]] on the ocean waves as cherubs hover above her, playing music above her with conch-shells.

* Rococo painter Francois Boucher was famous for his putti paintings. Some of them depict them all by themselves like in ''L'Amour moissonneur'' and ''Putti with Birds'', while in other cases they are ornamentation used to accompany other figures like ''Rinaldo and Armida'' and ''The Toilet of Venus''.

* In the Raphael fresco painting ''Triumph of Galatea'', winged cherubs are found flying above Galatea, bows drawn and arrows pointing right at her.
* In ''Art/VenusCupidFollyAndTime'', a putto is seen with a handful of petals he intends to throw onto Venus, and Cupid is said to be the personification of Folly.

* The Alexandre Cabanel painting ''Art/{{The Birth of Venus|Cabanel}}'' (not to be confused with the [[Art/TheBirthOfVenusBotticelli more famous Botticelli painting of the same name]]) depicts Venus [[RecliningVenus in a reclining position]] on the ocean waves as cherubs hover above her, playing music above her with conch-shells.

** ''Art/CupidAndPsycheAsChildren'' is an 1890 oil painting that depicts Cupid and Psyche of Myth/ClassicalMythology as a pair of infants together in the clouds, Cupid with white angel wings and Psyche with moth wings.

* ''Art/{{Venus and Cupid|Gentileschi}}'' by Artemisia Gentileschi portrays Cupid as a winged cherub fanning the sleeping Venus with a peacock-feather fan.

* ''Art/TheProphetIsaiah'' is a fresco located in Basilica di Sant'Agostino, an early Renaissance church in Rome. It is an Italian Renaissance painting, influenced by Michelangelo's work on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The painting depicts the titular prophet with a pair of nude boys flanking him, holding up a rope of green leaves over him.

* Creator/WilliamAdolpheBouguereau's ''Art/{{The Birth of Venus|Bouguereau}}'' (again, not the Botticelli one), depicts Venus in the shallow waters standing [[ContrappostoPose contrapposto]] accompanied by centaurs, nymphs and various winged putti. Two putti (said to be Cupid and Psyche) are seen messing with a porpoise, while the rest are seen flying amongst the clouds in the background.
* ''Art/{{Charity|Bouguereau}}'' is accompanied by five naked toddlers, three of them in her lap taking turns feeding.
* ''Art/CupidAndPsycheAsChildren'' by Creator/WilliamAdolpheBouguereau is an 1890 oil painting that depicts Cupid and Psyche of Myth/ClassicalMythology as a pair of infants together in the clouds, Cupid with white angel wings and Psyche with moth wings.
* ''Art/DrinkingBacchus'' by Guido Reni is a Baroque oil painting depicting the Roman god Bacchus as a putti wearing nothing but a crown of grapes and as he drinks wine from a bottle while urinating.
* ''The Prophet Isaiah'' is a fresco located in Basilica di Sant'Agostino, an early Renaissance church in Rome. It is an Italian Renaissance painting, influenced by Michelangelo's work on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The painting depicts the titular prophet with a pair of nude boys flanking him, holding up a rope of green leaves over him.
* In ''[[Art/TheTemptationOfStAnthonyRops The Temptation of St. Anthony]]'', a pair of winged cherubs are present in the upper lefthand corner of the piece, but their upper halves (including their wings) are skeletal in appearance, each of them carrying withered flowers with them.

* In ''Art/VenusCupidFollyAndTime'', a putto is seen with a handful of petals he intends to throw onto Venus and Cupid is said to be the personification of Folly.

* Various artistic depictions of [[EmbodimentOfVirtue Charity]] ([[AllegoricalCharacter allegorically]] depicted as a modestly dressed mother breastfeeding [[MadonnaArchetype in reference to the Virgin Mary]]) depict her being crowded by many naked (and implicitly impoverished) toddlers, each taking turns being fed by her. The point of the image implies that these children (or at least not all of them) are not hers, selflessly giving her time, energy and body for the good of others.

[[caption-width-right:350:The more the merrier.[[labelnote:*]]Top: ''Art/{{The Birth of Venus|Cabanel}}'' by Alexandre Cabanel. Middle: ''Art/{{Charity|Bouguereau}}'' by Creator/WilliamAdolpheBouguereau. Bottom: ''Putti making music'' by Francois Boucher.[[/labelnote]]]]

* Various artistic depictions of [[EmbodimentOfVirtue Charity]] ([[AllegoricalCharacter allegorically]] depicted as a modestly dressed mother breastfeeding in reference to the Virgin Mary) depict her being crowded by many naked (and implicitly impoverished) toddlers, each taking turns being fed by her. The point of the image implies that these children (or at least not all of them) are not hers, selflessly giving her time, energy and body for the good of others.

* In ''God Is Dead'' a cherubim is lamenting the fact that popular conception has reduced it from it's traditional angelic appearance with multiple animals to a little putto, least of all because now bartenders won't let him drink. He takes some solace in that he can use his adorable cuteness to literally mind control people into doing whatever he wants, such as murder someone that pisses him off.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheMovie2000'': A ceiling in Lawrence III’s flying fortress has these painted on, much like that of The Beast’s ballroom mentioned in Films - Animation.