Study of a Putto Seated on a Corbel in a Shell Niche

ca. 1674–76

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Red chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 x 5 1/16 in. (17.8 x 12.8 cm)
Collection no.: 2008.334.1
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Carlo Maratta. Study of a Putto Seated on a Corbel in a Shell Niche. Carlo Maratta; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of Philippe and Edith de Montebello, 2008. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Study of a Putto Seated on a Corbel in a Shell Niche — Carlo Maratta. ca. 1674–76.

Medium: Red chalk. Dimensions: Sheet: 7 x 5 1/16 in. (17.8 x 12.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Philippe and Edith de Montebello, 2008.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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