![Raphael - Saint John the Baptist Preaching [1505] by Gandalf's Gallery](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5333/9214923074_e614f95bd0.jpg)
This picture is one of the two paintings which formed the predella (long horizontal structure at the base of an altarpiece) for Raphael's altarpiece the Ansidei Madonna (dated 1505) in the church of Saint Fiorenzo, Perugia. It was placed beneath the image of Saint John in the main altarpiece who is here shown in the same costume. Below the Virgin and Child was a depiction of her betrothal and below Saint Nicholas one of his miracles: these panels seem not to have survived.
[National Gallery, London - Oil on poplar, 26.2 x 52 cm]