Raffaello Sanzio, Santa Cecilia in estasi con i santi (1518 circa) 06

Saint Augustine is shown in profile wearing an ornate episcopal cope and holding a crosier, while Saint Mary Magdalene looks directly at the viewer holding a silver ointment jar. The figures stand before a distant landscape under a clear blue sky, capturing a moment of quiet contemplation. This crop focuses on the refined features and symbolic attributes of the two saints flanking the central figure of Cecilia.

The painting illustrates the Neoplatonic concept of 'divine frenzy' (furor divinus), where the soul transcends earthly music for celestial harmony. This intellectual framework, central to the philosophy of Marsilio Ficino, interprets the saint's vision as the highest form of musical and spiritual ascent.