Putto the events depicted in narrative paintings. There are two popular forms of the putto as the main subject of a work of art in 16th-century Italian Renaissance art: the sleeping putto and the standing putto with an animal or other object. Putti, cupids, and angels (see below) can be found in both religious and secular art from the 1420s in Italy, the turn of the 16th century in the Netherlands and Germany, the Mannerist period and late Renaissance in France, and throughout Baroque ceiling frescoes. So many artists have depicted them that a list would be pointless, but among the
Lya De Putti 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 officer, and his wife, the former Mária Holyos (). She had two brothers, Géza and Sándor, the latter serving as a first lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian army, and a sister, Mária. She began her stage career on the Hungarian vaudeville circuit. She