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Perhaps not cherubim, but cherubs?
Nope .Plural of cherus is cherubim.
Finger slipped. Plural of cherub is cherubim.
My point was not grammatical; I think there's a category mistake here.
If the carving were of many-eyed, Hebrew-Bible cherubim, you of course would be correct.
This sculpture, however, shows Renaissance putti. Ezekiel reported nothing of this kind.
Hence cherubs.
I bow to your erudition. I was thinking of grammar.