Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
Head of poet [from the 'Parnassus']
c.1650-1750Etching with engraving | RCIN 852471
An anonymous reversed print reproducing the head of one of the poets depicted in the lower right corner of the fresco of Parnassus, painted by Raphael in c.1510-11 in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. The print identifies the figure as the ancient Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BC-AD 17/18), known as Ovid.
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)