''Adoration of the Christ Child'' is a 1508 tempera on poplar panel by Lorenzo Lotto, owned by and exhibited at the EUROPEUM – European Culture Centre, a branch of the

National Museum A national museum is a museum maintained and funded by a national government. In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments. In other countries a much greater numb ...

in Krakow, Poland. To the left of the Madonna and Child is

Francis of Assisi Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Francesco d'Assisi; – 3 October 1226), was a mystic Italian Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans, and one of the most venerated figures in Christianit ...

, in the centre background is an aged saint ( Saint Jerome or

Saint Joseph Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers of ...

) and to the right is a female martyr, possibly

Catherine of Alexandria Catherine of Alexandria (also spelled Katherine); grc-gre, ἡ Ἁγία Αἰκατερίνη ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς ; ar, سانت كاترين; la, Catharina Alexandrina). is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, wh ...

. In the 17th century it was in the collection of Gaspara de Haro y Guzman (1629–1687), Spanish ambassador to Rome and viceroy of Naples, one of the greatest collectors of the era, as shown by his mark on the reverse of the image. In 1804 it was bought in Naples for 100 ducats by Jan Feliks Tarnowski, who in 1834 gave it to Janowi Karolowi Scipio del Campo, his nephew and a canon of the chapter of Kraków. It was included in Bernard Berenson's 1901 monograph on the artist. It was bought by Zygmunt Pusłowski at the start of the 20th century and its next owner after him was Xawery Pusłowski, who later gave it to his godfather Markowi Rostworowskiemu. It was sold by Rostworowskiemu in 1971 to its present owner.P. Drabarczyk, Klejnot cierpieniem podszyty, Art&Business, nr 6, 2011

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adoration of the Christ Child (Lotto, Kraków) 1508 paintings Paintings of the Madonna and Child by Lorenzo Lotto Paintings in the collection of the National Museum, Kraków Paintings of Francis of Assisi