Raffael - Kopist - Detail des Borgobrandes

The drawing focuses on a central group where a muscular young man carries an elderly, frail man on his back, flanked by a young boy and a woman. To the right, another figure is depicted hanging from a high wall by his hands, illustrating the frantic escape from a disaster. This composition is a direct study or copy of the famous classical allusion found in Raphael's Vatican commissions.

The inclusion of Aeneas and Anchises in a Christian fresco reflects the Renaissance Humanist synthesis of classical myth and contemporary events. Specifically, it relates to the Neoplatonic interpretations of Virgil popularized by thinkers like Cristoforo Landino, who viewed Aeneas's flight as an allegory for the soul's liberation from the 'burning' world of the senses toward spiritual maturity.