\paperw4290 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 In this painting, originally in the Servite church in Parma, the Madonna gazes at Jesus as he lies sleeping in her lap, an iconographic mot
if that anticipates the theme of the Pietα. The sophisticated elegance of the figure of the Madonna, achieved through an unnatural elongation of its proportions, has earned the work the title of the \i Madonna with the Long Neck\i0 .