Verso A burial scene with a man laying a body next to two others; three putti, 1963,1216.1

This drawing uses intricate cross-hatching to capture the physical weight and anatomical detail of human figures in repose. In the upper left, three small putti are grouped together in an attitude of mourning or observation. The scene is a preparatory sketch for a larger composition, focusing on the arrangement of figures within a solemn, funereal space.

As a preparatory study for Raphael's 'Entombment' (1507), this work engages with the Renaissance 'memento mori' tradition. It reflects the philosophical tension between the material decay of the human body and the spiritual immortality of the soul, a central theme in the Neoplatonic circles of the High Renaissance.