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 surface: 40,5 x 46,5 cm. Enlarged in the lower part (H. 1,5 cm.) Small hole in the lower right; scratch in the upper left; accidents and missing parts around the edges. Carved natural wood frame with foliage motif. On the origin of the theme of the child Jesus asleep on the cross, hands and head resting on a skull, or Nascendo Morimur, one may 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)