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Original fileThe figure is depicted in a dynamic, twisting pose, dressed in heavy classical drapery that swirls around her. She holds an open book in her lap with her right hand while gesturing upward with her left, signifying the connection between earthly study and divine revelation. The drawing uses rapid, overlapping lines to define the volume and movement of the robes.
This allegory represents the reconciliation of Christian doctrine with classical wisdom, a central goal of Renaissance Neoplatonism. It belongs to a larger cycle of paintings that sought to organize all human knowledge into a unified, divine system.
Marsilio Ficino
Ficino's project of harmonizing Platonism with Christian theology provided the intellectual framework for the personification of Theology in this decorative program.
Object
Oil on panel
allegory
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
https://collections.ashmolean.org/object/72025
800 × 1102 px
Linked Data
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