Cäcilia von Rom, Münchner Residenz

The saint stands in a dark landscape, her gaze fixed on a golden heavenly glow emerging from the clouds. She wears a gold-patterned gown over a white tunic and holds a portable pipe organ whose pipes are sliding out of their frame, signaling her abandonment of earthly music. This figure is a reproduction of the central character from Raphael's 1514 altarpiece, 'The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia'.

The painting illustrates the Neoplatonic transition from 'musica instrumentalis' (earthly music) to 'musica mundana' (the silent harmony of the spheres). This reflects the Renaissance philosophical belief, championed by thinkers like Marsilio Ficino, that the soul could ascend to the divine through the contemplation of celestial proportions and heavenly harmony.