The Parnassus

The Parnassus

Infobox Painting|



title=The parnassus
artist=Raphael
year=1511
type=Fresco
height=?
width=670
city=Vatican City
museum=Apostolic Palace

"The Parnassus" is a painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted in 1511 as the third part, after "La disputa" and "The School of Athens", of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. It is located in the "Stanza della segnatura". The painting shows the mythological Mount Parnassus where Apollo resides. He is surrounded by the nine muses, nine poets from antiquity, and nine contemporary poets.

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*Frieze of Parnassus


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