Madonna Alba 01

The Virgin Mary reclines in a meadow, holding a small book while gazing at the Christ Child. The infant Jesus reaches for a slender wooden cross held by Saint John the Baptist, who kneels in a camel-skin garment. The figures are arranged in a harmonious pyramidal composition within a circular frame, set against a distant pastoral background with rolling hills and water.

This work embodies the High Renaissance ideal of divine harmony expressed through geometric perfection, specifically the 'tondo' or circular form. Its focus on balanced proportions and the 'Madonna of Humility' reflects Neoplatonic concepts of the period, where physical beauty and mathematical order were seen as reflections of the divine mind.