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Original fileThis 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.
Leon Battista Alberti
In 'De pictura', Alberti encouraged artists to study the 'movements of the soul' through the motion of hair and textiles, a principle Raphael explores here through classical drapery.
The Arch of Titus
The monument served as a primary source for Renaissance antiquarians and Hermeticists interested in the depiction of the Temple of Jerusalem's spoils, though Raphael here focuses on its allegorical figures.
Object
Oil on panel
allegory
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
https://collections.ashmolean.org/
800 × 1068 px
Linked Data
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