Putto

Putto is an original black and white etching, after Polidoro da Caravaggio, realized by  Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi during XVII century. Latin inscription on the lower margin of plate. Good conditions except for some little stains.

The etching, a detail from the frieze of Palazzo Cesi in Rome - decorated by Polidoro da Caravaggio - ,  represents a little angel standing on clouds and carrying a tray. 

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi (1618–1677) was an Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque period. He lived in Rome, where he joined the Accademia di San Luca in 1652.