La belle jardinière

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La belle jardinière
Raphael, 1507
Oil on panel
122 × 80 cm, 48 × 31 1/2 in
Louvre, Paris

La belle jardinière, also known as Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist, is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael. It was commissioned by the Sienese patrician Filippo Sergardi and shows Mary, Christ and the young John the Baptist. It is currently in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.