Berlín Terranova 05

This circular painting, or tondo, depicts the Madonna in a red robe and blue cloak looking down at the Christ child who rests in her lap. To the left, a young St. John the Baptist holds a reed cross and a scroll, while another holy child gazes upward from the right against a background of hills and a distant city. The scene is framed by an ornate gilded border decorated with fruit and foliage.

Raphael's Madonnas embody the Renaissance Neoplatonic ideal of 'divine beauty,' where physical harmony is seen as a direct reflection of spiritual perfection. The use of the tondo (circular) format also carries philosophical weight, representing the cosmic perfection and eternal nature of the divine, as discussed in the works of Christian Neoplatonists.