# The Sleep of the Infant Jesus

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SASSOFERRATO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassoferrato-r7dffa8d03891cc>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 74 x 59 cm

## Commentary

Sassoferrato painted this composition in numerous variations, with and without the inclusion of the heads of putti in the background, and some of which are in oval or horizontal format. The design originated with Guido Reni, although his composition is known only through contemporary engravings.

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- [Holy Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassoferrato-r7dffa8d03891cc/holy-family-r259aaba08a9e88>)
- [Holy Family with the Infant St John the Baptist and St Elizabeth](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassoferrato-r7dffa8d03891cc/holy-family-with-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist-and-st-elizabeth-rb667ad37e9004d>)
- [Madonna and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassoferrato-r7dffa8d03891cc/madonna-and-child-r0bff70c8abae84>)
- [Madonna at Prayer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassoferrato-r7dffa8d03891cc/madonna-at-prayer-r1823d5f3952401>)
- [Madonna at Prayer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassoferrato-r7dffa8d03891cc/madonna-at-prayer-r6c9c324f79bb5d>)
- [Madonna in Prayer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassoferrato-r7dffa8d03891cc/madonna-in-prayer-r519278a23d4145>)
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- [Portrait of Monsignor Ottaviano Prati](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassoferrato-r7dffa8d03891cc/portrait-of-monsignor-ottaviano-prati-rb62677e9bc5ff3>)
- [The Madonna](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassoferrato-r7dffa8d03891cc/the-madonna-r29e4b77de2be04>)
- [The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassoferrato-r7dffa8d03891cc/the-mystic-marriage-of-st-catherine-r3bc2c712ab97fc>)
- [The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassoferrato-r7dffa8d03891cc/the-mystic-marriage-of-st-catherine-rd9e5f456827070>)
- [The Sleep of the Infant Jesus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassoferrato-r7dffa8d03891cc/the-sleep-of-the-infant-jesus-r19c9de621bf05e>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)