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Partial view 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. Apollo (Apollon) seated at the centre, plays the lyre surrounded by the nine Muses, protectresses of the arts, and by ancient and modern poets, among whom (at left) Homer (Homere) (blind), Virgil (Virgile) and Dante Alighieri (Durante degli Alighieri) are easily recognisable behind him. - 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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