The panel is a copy with variants of a painting by Andrea del Sarto, one of the major Florentine artists of the early sixteenth century. It was performed by Pier Francesco di Jacopo Foschi, his pupil. Compared to the original, there is a more classic and calm atmosphere here, where the figures emerge from the darkness of the background. Furthermore, unlike the work of the master Pier Francesco, he inserted details such as the cross of San Giovannino and the cloth on which the Child Jesus is stretched out, elements that allude to the Passion of Christ.