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Apollo sitting on Parnassus surrounded by the muses and famous poets

ca. 1517–20
Not on view
Raphael's 'Parnassus' in the Vatican is the paradigmatic representation of the subject where Apollo on Parnassus is surrounded by the muses and famous poets, from which all later versions drew inspiration. Since the room in which it was painted, the Stanza della Segnatura (thought to have been the private library of Pope Julius II r. 1503–13) was not publicly accessible until well into the seventeenth century, it was Marcantonio's print that established its canonical status. Numerous differences between the engraving and the completed fresco, however, indicate that the engraving records an early idea for the composition based on a lost drawing by Raphael.

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Object Information
  • Title: Apollo sitting on Parnassus surrounded by the muses and famous poets
  • Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini (?) ca. 1480–before 1534 Bologna (?))
  • Artist: After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1517–20
  • Medium: Engraving; second state of five
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 14 x 18 7/16 in. (35.6 x 46.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Henry Walters, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.37.150
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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