(_La Vierge_ dite _La Belle Jardinière_)
The Virgin is seated in a flowery meadow. She wears a red tunic
edged with black, yellow sleeves and a blue mantle; a book is on
her knees; her fair hair is confined under a transparent veil. She
looks down to the left at the Infant Jesus, who leans tenderly
against her knee and draws her attention to the little St. John the
Baptist who kneels to the right, his reed cross in his right hand.
The background shows a landscape containing a small town with its
church, and a lake surrounded by mountains.
Painted in oil on panel.
The signature seems to be:—“VRB. RAPHAELLO MDVII.”