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Original fileA pen and ink sketch of a young monk looking upward while holding a thick volume against his waist. The figure is draped in a heavy monastic robe with a distinct cowl, rendered with rapid cross-hatching to define light and shadow. The drawing appears to be a preparatory study focusing on the posture and the weight of the book.
As a product of Raphael's circle around 1500, this drawing reflects the High Renaissance interest in capturing human expression and spiritual interiority. It represents the monastic tradition of scholarship and the preservation of texts, which provided the intellectual foundation for the later Neoplatonic and Hermetic revivals in Italy.
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Raphael
This work originates from the circle of Raphael, whose later 'School of Athens' became the definitive visual summary of the Western philosophical tradition.
Object
Oil on panel
religious
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
https://online-sammlung.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/de/suche?term=raffael
977 × 2000 px
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