Standing Nude with Two Putti, 1932.255

This pen and ink drawing depicts a muscular male figure in a classical stance, looking down and extending a hand to a small standing child. A second infant figure is shown kneeling on the ground at the man's feet. The artist uses dense hatching and cross-hatching to define the anatomical structure and physical volume of the figures.

The study of the idealized human form was central to Renaissance Neoplatonism, which viewed the beauty of the body as a reflection of divine harmony. The presence of putti—motifs derived from classical antiquity—symbolizes the integration of pagan aesthetic values into the philosophical framework of the 'dignity of man'.