Madonna in the Meadow

Raphael, Madonna in the Meadow, 1505-1506, High Italian Renaissance.

1) Conceptualized from the popularity of da Vinci's cartoon of Madonna and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John, but less avante garde

2) Portrays the apocryphal story where Jesus and St. John the Baptist meet after the flight from Egypt

3) The Tuscan landscape in the background maintains the popularity of the element while rejecting Leonardo's mysterious backgrounds