Identities of the figures included in 'Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus' by Raphael from the fresco in the stanza della Segnatura
Raphael Morghen (Naples 1758 - Florence 1833)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
340 mm (H)450 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1252672
Summary
Print, engraving, Identities of the figures included in 'Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus' (after Raphael) by Raphael Morghen (Naples 1758 - Florence 1833). From the fresco in the stanza della Segnatura. Inscribed 'Effigies cognitae in Montis Parnassi Tabula depictae figillatim propriis nominibus indicantur'. 1. Laura de Noves (Petrach's Laura) (1310 - 1348). 2. Petrarch (1304 - 1374).3. Dante. (1265-1321). 4. Homer 5. Virgil (70-90 BC) 6. Tibaldeus. 7. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375). 8.Jacopo Sannazaro (1458 - 1530). 9. Ovid (43 BC - 0017). 10. Horace (65 BC - 8 BC). 11. Pindarus (522 BC - 443 BC).)
Marks and inscriptions
Effigies cognitae in Montis Parnassi Tabula depictae figillatim propriis nominibus indicantur
Makers and roles
Raphael Morghen (Naples 1758 - Florence 1833), engraver (printmaker) Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), original artist