I believe those baby angels in Renaissance and Baroque paintings are called PUTTI. Apparently they are just a custom and are not meant to be taken seriously as divine beings. But you are showing a contrast between some as sensual beings, others as celestial. In my book on Botticelli the German art scholar Frank Zolneer cites PUTTI in several of Botticelli's paintings but says n-o-t-h-i-n-g about them. But Poussin must have meant this contrast of secular and sacred. PUTTI are puzzling to modern viewers.
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I believe those baby angels in Renaissance and Baroque paintings are called PUTTI. Apparently they are just a custom and are not meant to be taken seriously as divine beings. But you are showing a contrast between some as sensual beings, others as celestial. In my book on Botticelli the German art scholar Frank Zolneer cites PUTTI in several of Botticelli's paintings but says n-o-t-h-i-n-g about them. But Poussin must have meant this contrast of secular and sacred. PUTTI are puzzling to modern viewers.