Raffael - Figurenstudie für das Christuskind im Gemälde La Perla, KdZ 21551 verso

This drawing in red chalk (sanguine) focuses on the anatomical rendering of a seated infant, capturing the soft musculature and light falling across the torso. The figure is a preparatory study for the Christ Child in Raphael's painting known as 'La Perla'. A circular museum stamp is visible in the lower left corner, indicating its historical provenance in the Berlin collections.

Raphael's preparatory drawings represent the Renaissance synthesis of naturalistic observation and Neoplatonic idealization. This 'disegno' (design/drawing) reflects the philosophical belief that the artist could perceive and replicate the perfect forms of the divine realm through refined study of the physical world.