Verso Figure of victory after a relief on the Arch of Titus, Rome

This pen and ink drawing shows a winged female figure leaning forward in a soaring posture with her right arm extended. She wears a classical chiton that clings to her legs and billows out behind her, creating a sense of rapid motion. The sketch focuses on the rhythmic folds of the drapery and the dynamic anatomy of the antique sculpture.

This drawing represents the Renaissance project of 'restauratio Romae', where artists like Raphael systematically studied Roman ruins to recover the aesthetic and philosophical language of the classical past. This recovery was central to the Neoplatonic environment of the Papal court, where pagan personifications were repurposed to express humanistic virtues and the triumph of the soul.