ECOLE FRANCAISE du dernier tiers du XVIIème siècle The child Jesus lying on the cross. Oil on panel. Two horizontal boards. 44.5 x 54.5 cm. Painted area: 40.5 x 46.5 cm. Enlarged lower part (H. 1.5 cm.) Small hole at bottom right; scratch at top left; accidents and missing parts around the edges. Natural wood frame carved with foliage motif. On the origin of the theme of the child Jesus asleep on the cross, hands and head placed on a skull, or Nascendo Morimur, you can consult the catalogue of the exhibition Les Vanités dans la peinture au XVIIème siècle, Paris, Musée du Petit Palais, F.9, p.102 &130-1990).