Vatican Frescoes
Vatican Frescoes
JACOB MATHAM (1571-1631)
The Parnassus
c.1591-1621Engraving | 41.3 x 67.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852459
A print reproducing the fresco of the Parnassus, painted by Raphael in c.1510-11 in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. Lettered in Latin with production details on the window architrave. Four verses in Latin apparently by C. Schoneus on a fictive sheet of paper attached to the door frame at lower centre. Upper right corner damaged.
Creator(s)
Jacob Matham (1571-1631) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
41.3 x 67.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Poets
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Muses
- Apollo (myth)
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Places
- Europe
- Greece
- 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
- Stanza della Segnatura [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Greece
- Europe
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
- Literature
- Poetry
- Literature
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.51-5, fig.38 (Chapman/Plazzotta/Henry 2004 : Chapman, H, Plazzotta, C, Henry, T. Raphael. From Urbino to Rome. London, 2004)
