Putti with CerberusRaphael, Giovanni da Udine

In this playful scene (1518), Raphael shows two winged putti subduing Cerberus, guardian of the Underworld, turning menace into charm. The frame is adorned with festoons — garlands of fruit, flowers, and leaves painted by Giovanni da Udine, whose botanical mastery brought Renaissance ideals of fertility, nature, and abundance into harmony with mythological narrative.