Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus with famous poets
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1593 - 1597
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
360 x 475 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.8.107
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_V-5-145
Summary
(Folio 49, recto) Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus with famous poets; Apollo plays a lira da braccio under a laurel grove with the nine Muses; the most eminent classical and contemporary poets are depicted together: Homer is flanked by Virgil and Dante, Ovid and Horace are next to Sappho, and the moderns include Petrarch, Boccaccio and Ariosto; after Raphael
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered on the mantel of the door "Raphel Urbÿn pinxit in vaticano" and "Maetham effigiavit, et sculp. Roma". Below on a trompe l'oeil sheet of paper tacked to the door frame four lines of verse by C.Schoneus
Makers and roles
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), creator Jacob Matham (1571-1631), engraver (inciser)