Santi Raffael - podle - Amor, B 2621

This drawing depicts a nude, winged infant known as an Amor or putto in a horizontal, floating pose. The figure is rendered with soft contours and features a prominent feathered wing, while billowing drapery beneath suggests movement through a celestial space. It is a study or copy after Raphael's designs for the myth of Cupid and Psyche.

In the Neoplatonic tradition revived by Marsilio Ficino, Amor represents the cosmic force of attraction and the mediator between the material and divine worlds. This figure relates to the narrative of Cupid and Psyche, which was interpreted by Renaissance thinkers as an allegory for the human soul's (Psyche) journey through trials to achieve divine union with Love (Amor).