Charity

This black chalk drawing shows a seated woman looking down with a gentle expression toward three small children. One infant reaches for her breast while she supports another in her lap and a third stands at her side, capturing the traditional image of maternal care.

As one of the three theological virtues, Charity (Caritas) represented the highest form of love in the Renaissance synthesis of Christian doctrine and Neoplatonism. It embodies the concept of divine grace emanating into the physical world, a central theme in the philosophical works of the Florentine Academy.