Arte in Bergamo e l'Accademia Carrara.

The saint is shown from the waist up, dressed in a dark tunic with ornate gold-embroidered geometric patterns at the collar and cuffs. He holds a single arrow, the instrument of his first martyrdom, between his fingers with a graceful, meditative expression. A faint landscape and a delicate circular halo frame the figure, characteristic of Raphael's early Peruginesque style.

Raphael's work exemplifies the High Renaissance Neoplatonic pursuit of 'divine beauty,' where the physical perfection and serenity of the saint reflect the inner harmony of the soul. This synthesis of Christian hagiography with classical aesthetic ideals was central to the philosophical milieu of Renaissance Italy.