The Parnassus by Raphael - Vatican Museums

Left to right: Greek poet Alcaeus of Mytilene (Alcée de Mytilène, Alkaios von Lesbos); Greek lyric poet Corinna or Korinna of Tanagra (Corinne); italian poet Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch, Petrarque, Francesco di Ser Petracco); Greek poet Anacreon (Anakreon). - Detail of The Parnassus (Le Parnasse, Parnass ). Painting by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, Raffael). The Parnassus is the dwelling place of the god Apollo and the Muses and the home of poetry, according to classical myth. - Painted in the Stanza della Segnatura (Room of the Signatura, Salle de la Signature, Saal der Signatur) between 1509 and 1511 as a part of Raphael's commission to decorate the rooms now known as the Stanze di Raffaello (Raphael Rooms, Chambres de Raphael, Stanzen des Raffael), in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. Vatican Museums. 2021.

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