Raimondi - Triumph der Galatea, ItI2056

Galatea occupies the center of the composition, glancing back as she steers her dolphin-drawn chariot through a turbulent sea. Tritons blow into conch shells and embrace nereids, while four winged putti hover above, three preparing to fire their bows. This engraving is a contemporary reproduction of Raphael's famous fresco from the Villa Farnesina.

The scene represents the Renaissance Neoplatonic ideal of beauty; Raphael famously wrote to Baldassare Castiglione that he painted Galatea not from a model, but by following a 'certain idea' in his mind. It also reflects the influence of Angelo Poliziano's poetry, which sought to revive classical mysteries through a synthesis of pagan mythology and philosophical allegory.