# The Madonna Sewing with the Christ Child [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TREVISANI, Francesco]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on copper, 36 x 31 cm ## Commentary The Madonna Sewing with the Christ Child c. 1700 Oil on copper, 36 x 31 cm Private collection This well-preserved work on copper was painted around the turn of the eighteenth century for Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni \(1667-1740\), whose protection the artist enjoyed. As with many of the paintings Trevisani executed for him, Ottoboni's emblem, the double-headed eagle, is included; in this case on the vase of flowers centre left. This is one of two known versions of the composition by Trevisani, the other \(also on copper and of similar dimensions\) is in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. Trevisani painted numerous pictures for the cardinal. ## Related artworks - [Apollo and Daphne]() - [Dead Christ Supported by Angels]() - [Martyrdom of St Lawrence]() - [Susanna and the Elders]() - [The Raising of Lazarus]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()