The Virgin and Child is an oil painting created by the Italian artist Elisabetta Sirani in 1663; she died two years later at the age of 27.

[1] The painting is owned by the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. Its dimensions are 86 by 70 cm (34 by 28 in).

The two figures form a pyramidal composition and are strongly lit against a dark background.

The naked Christ Child sits on a pink pillow crowning Mary with a garland of white and red roses.

Sirani's painting is now exhibited at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.