Parnaso

Raphael (1483-1520)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1508-1511
Technique / Medium:
fresco
Place of creation:
Vatican

Additional titles

Parnassus
Room of the Segnatura, Parnassus, Raffaello rooms

    Item location

  • Musei Vaticani
    Stanze di Raffaello: Stanza della Segnatura, Parnassus

Description

The fresco shows the mythological Mount Parnassus, home of Apollo. He is surrounded by the nine muses, nine ancient poets, and nine contemporary poets. Apollo plays a lira da braccio, and Sappho is grasping what appears to be a fancifully depicted barbiton.

People as subjects

Homer (active 8th or 9th century BCE)
Virgil
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Sappho [Σαπφώ] (ca. 630-570 BCE)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lira da braccio [3181]
Barbiton [3487] (five strings, with very curved, stylized body)

Image URLs

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Musei Vaticani image

RIdIM record id

2289