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# Child in a cradle resembling a tomb in Lavinia Fontana's painting of 1583
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/chrezvychaino-bogatyi-rebenok-v-krovatke-kartina-rannebarochnoi-bolonskoi-khudozhnitsy-lavinii-fontana/
- Published: 2020-07-28T10:30:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:06:40.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Observations, Mores, Humour

An exceedingly rich child in a cradle, a painting by the early Baroque Bolognese artist [Lavinia Fontana](https://theparnassian.com/esli-vam-kogda-to-pridetsia-uchastvovat-v-neravnoi-skhvatke-s-kosnym-predstavleniem-chto-istoriia-mirovoi-kultury-ne-znaet-velikikh-zhenshchin-tvortsov-to-vspomnite-k-primeru-laviniiu-f/?ref=theparnassian.com). 1583\. That the cradle resembles a tomb has its reverse side: Jesus in the sepulchre, at this time and earlier, is sometimes depicted as if lying in a bed. As for the sumptuous pearl necklace round the child's neck, that is simply the folly of the parents, who are evidently getting above themselves with all that wealth, for with such a collar an infant might easily strangle itself in its sleep. But I hope the little one came to no harm, though in any case the person portrayed has long since died