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Original fileThe drawing depicts a slender, muscular youth in profile, stepping forward while looking down at his clasped hands. Fine cross-hatching is used to delineate the contours of the body and suggest volume. A faint, secondary sketch of an arm and flank appears to the right of the primary figure, indicating the artist's focus on anatomical precision.
As an anatomical study from the High Renaissance, this work reflects the Neoplatonic emphasis on the human body as a microcosm of divine order. The figure's contemplative posture aligns with the humanistic integration of physical beauty and spiritual devotion characteristic of the period's philosophical climate.
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Translation
Raphael of Urbino
Marsilio Ficino
Raphael's idealization of the human form was influenced by Ficino's Neoplatonic conception of physical beauty as a reflection of divine splendor.
Object
Oil on panel
anatomical
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
https://sammlungenonline.albertina.at/ "Raffaello Santi" (KÜNSTLER_IN) Graphische Sammlung (Sammlung)
850 × 1242 px
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