Copy after the Louvre Study for La Belle Jardiniere by Raphael, 1985.131

This pen-and-ink drawing shows the Virgin Mary gazing down at two children in a garden setting. The infant Christ stands against her knee while a young John the Baptist kneels at her side. A red chalk grid covers the entire image, a technique used by artists to accurately scale a small sketch for a larger painting.

This work demonstrates the High Renaissance application of mathematical order and geometric harmony to religious subjects, reflecting the Neoplatonic pursuit of ideal form. The use of squaring illustrates the intersection of geometry and natural philosophy in the artist's technical process.