La belle jardinière

Infobox Painting|

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title=La belle jardinière
artist=Raphael
year=1507
type=Oil on panel
height=122
width=80
height_inch=48
width_inch =31 1/2
city=Paris
museum=Louvre

"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 Fabrizio Sergardi and shows Mary, Christ and the young John the Baptist. It is currently in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.This painting is one of the most famous Madonna portraits of Italian Renaissance painter, Raphael. Raphael studied the works of Leonardo da Vinci while in Florence and applied some of Leonardo's techniques to his own painting. Raphael's use of contrasting light and darks, and the relaxed informal pode of the Madonna illustrate Leonardo's influence on La Belle Jardiniere.