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Vatican Frescoes

Vatican Frescoes

GIOVANNI VOLPATO (1733-1803)

The Parnassus

c.1775-99

RCIN 852458

A print reproducing the fresco of the Parnassus, painted by Raphael in c.1510-11 in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. The print is mounted together with an engraving by Raphael Morghen reproducing fifteen heads from the fresco, with key to identification of eleven of them.
  • Creator(s)

    Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803) (engraver)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Stefano Tofanelli (1752-1812) (designer)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • People
      • Poets
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Religions of antiquity
          • Classical mythology
            • Muses
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Mount Parnassus [Greece]
        • Italy
          • Lazio [Italy]
            • Rome [Lazio]
              • Vatican City [Rome]
                • Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
                  • Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
                    • Vatican-Stanza della Segnatura-Parnassus
    • Language, Linguistics and Literature
      • Literature
        • Poetry
    • Geography
      • Physiography
        • Mountains
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.185 C.1