The Virgin and Child with a Bird 

"The Virgin and Child with a Bird" is a drawing by Simone Cantarini, an Italian artist born in 1612 and who died in 1648. This drawing depicts the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child. The scene is set indoors, with a window behind the Virgin Mary, and the background and figures are drawn with hatching and cross-hatching lines. The delicate detail and the realistic depiction of the figures are characteristic of Cantarini's work, showing the influence of the Carracci, a highly influential family of Bolognese artists.