Copy after an Antique Bas-Relief of Three Women Representing the Seasons of Autumn, Winter and Spring, 1938.53

This sketch shows three women in classical dress processing toward the right, modeled after an antique relief. Above their heads, handwritten labels identify them as the seasons: Autumn carries a basket of harvest fruits, Winter is more heavily draped, and Spring follows. The drawing captures the rhythmic movement and drapery characteristic of Roman sculptural prototypes found on sarcophagi.

The representation of the Seasons (Horae) relates to the Neoplatonic concept of the cosmic cycle and the 'Music of the Spheres,' where temporal change reflects a divine, underlying order. Renaissance artists in Raphael's circle studied these antique models to harmonize classical aesthetics with philosophical inquiries into the nature of time and the soul's journey.