Ritratto di Giovane Donna con Unicorno - Raffaello Sanzio

The woman is shown half-length, framed by two columns overlooking a vast, atmospheric landscape. She wears a low-cut green bodice with voluminous red sleeves and a gold necklace featuring a prominent square-cut ruby and a teardrop pearl. The docile unicorn rests in her arms, looking toward the viewer.

This work utilizes the unicorn as an allegorical attribute for chastity and virginal purity, a motif deeply rooted in the medieval bestiary tradition and Renaissance Neoplatonism. The inclusion of the creature elevates the portrait from a likeness of a noblewoman to a symbolic representation of moral virtue and courtly ideals.