Raffaello, resurrezione di cristo, 1499-1502, 13

A guard dressed in an orange robe and a pink-and-white striped turban recoils in astonishment, shielding his eyes with his hand. He is positioned next to a marble sarcophagus, looking upward toward an unseen source of divine light. Behind him, the armored legs of another guard and a rocky landscape with sparse vegetation are visible.

This work reflects the early development of Raphael's style under the influence of the Neoplatonic movement in central Italy, where the physical Resurrection was viewed as a visual metaphor for the soul's ascent to divine light. The emphasis on light and the stunned reaction of the guards mirrors contemporary philosophical discussions on the transformative power of the 'Lumen Divinum' as described by Renaissance scholars.