Follower of Donato Creti

Copper plate is flat. Picture presents a decorative image with good coloration throughout. No major losses visible to naked eye. U.V. light reveals scattered retouches throughout though no major patches. Retouches can be found around hands, and drapery nearest to arms and upper thighs. A few small nicks around face and background, though again, nothing major. Despite scattered retouches, picture presents a nice image.
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The pose of the Christ child in the present painting relates to that in Creti's Sleeping Child, formerly in the Isolani Lupari Collection, Bologna.