PIGALLE, Jean-Baptiste
(b. 1714, Paris, d. 1785, Paris)

Infant with Cage

1750
Marble, height 47 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

One of the popular motifs of the period among secondary figures in paintings was the Italian putto in the form of small child. They were everywhere, alongside heroes, in allegories, and even portraits. Putti also invaded small-scale sculpture as exemplified by Pigalle's Infant with Cage.