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Original fileA woman is depicted from the waist up, seated with her hands clasped in her lap against a background of rolling hills and a single thin tree. She wears a striped, low-cut bodice with puffed sleeves and a prominent pendant featuring a large pearl. Her hair is kept simple with a thin band, and she gazes directly at the viewer with a composed expression.
This work represents the High Renaissance synthesis of naturalism and Neoplatonic ideals, where the harmony of the sitter's features reflects an inner moral order. The inclusion of the unicorn-shaped pendant and the pearl reinforces the themes of virtue and marital fidelity common in Florentine aristocratic portraiture during the period of the Platonic Academy's influence.
Marsilio Ficino
Raphael's approach to portraiture was influenced by the Neoplatonic concept of beauty as an outward manifestation of spiritual grace.
Object
Oil on panel
portrait
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14802239283/ Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/centuryillustratv43n2newy/centuryillustratv43n2newy#page/n53/mode/1up
1972 × 2872 px
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