Putto best-known are the sculptor Donatello and the painter Raphael. The two relaxed and curious putti who appear at the foot of Raphael's Sistine Madonna are often reproduced. They also experienced a major revival in the 19th century, where they gamboled through paintings by French academic painters, from Gustave Doré’s illustrations for "Orlando Furioso" to advertisements. The iconography of putti is deliberately unfixed, so that it is difficult to tell the difference between putti, cupids, and various forms of angels. They have no unique, immediately identifiable attributes, so that putti may have many meanings and roles in the context of art.
Lya De Putti in 1931, aged 34, at the Harbor Sanitorium, leaving just £800 (UK equivalent at the time) and a few bits of jewellery. Four years earlier, £800 was her weekly wage. She is interred in the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. Features: Lya De Putti Lya de Putti (January 10, 1897 – November 27, 1931) was a Hungarian film actress who had roles during the silent era. She was noted for her portrayals of vamp characters. Born as Amália Putti () in Vécse, Austria-Hungary (today Vojčice, Slovakia), she was one of the four children of Gyula Putti (), a cavalry