Mary with the Child, John the Baptist and a Holy Boy (Madonna Terranuova)

This circular painting depicts the Madonna seated in a landscape, supporting the Christ Child who grasps a scroll. To the left, the infant John the Baptist holds a reed cross, while a second holy child gazes upward from the right. The figures are arranged in a balanced composition against a stone parapet, overlooking a distant terrain of rolling hills and fortified towns.

The tondo format and the harmonious geometry of the figures reflect the Renaissance Neoplatonic ideal of beauty as a manifestation of divine order. This work embodies the synthesis of Christian devotion and classical aesthetic principles championed by the Florentine Academy, where the circle symbolized cosmic perfection and the soul's return to the One.