Christ Blessing the Children is a painting by the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi, depicting an episode from the New Testament.

The painting is part of the artist's body of religious work, which is less well-known than her depictions of strong women.

[1] The painting's first home was the collection of Fernando Enriquez Afan de Ribera, the 3rd Duke of Alcalá, from 1626 to 1637.

[3] The work was intended for the charterhouse at Santa Maria della Cueves, which contained his family's chapel.

[2] The painting was first recognised as a Gentileschi based on a view of a black and white photograph in 2001, but the whereabouts were unknown; it had previously belonged to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, but had been deaccessioned in 1979 as a work of Carlo Rosa.