# The Adoration of the Christ Child with Saints

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PIAZZA DA LODI, Callisto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piazza-da-lodi-callisto-rc57e14db62b1e4>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 222 x 160 cm

## Commentary

The altarpiece was executed with the contribution of Callisto&#39;s brothers Scipione and Cesare, for the church of Santissima Trinità, Crema. The church belonged to a confraternity founded after a serious outbreak of the plague in the city of Crema, and dedicated to Sts Roch and Sebastian, the patron saints of those afflicted by pestilence. The represented saints on the altarpiece are Joseph, Peter, Paul, Roch, and Sebastian.

## Related artworks

- [Madonna and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piazza-da-lodi-callisto-rc57e14db62b1e4/madonna-and-child-re3a080370c2510>)
- [Nailing of Christ to the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piazza-da-lodi-callisto-rc57e14db62b1e4/nailing-of-christ-to-the-cross-rbd46db7c99991b>)
- [St Catherine of Alexandria](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piazza-da-lodi-callisto-rc57e14db62b1e4/st-catherine-of-alexandria-rceb4941d763d92>)
- [The Concert](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/piazza-da-lodi-callisto-rc57e14db62b1e4/the-concert-ra1bc06071c5160>)

## Attribution

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