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The Parnassus

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The Parnassus is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael, painted between 1509 and 1511 in the Stanza della Segnatura of the Raphael Rooms in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, commissioned by Pope Julius II. It depicts Mount Parnassus, the mythological home of Apollo and the Muses. The fresco is one of four Raphael painted in the room, alongside the Disputation of the Holy Sacrament. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Year Created
1509 1
Location
Apostolic Palace, Vatican Museums, Vatican City 2
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Medium
Medium (category)
Fresco 1
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Created By

Raphael, Artists
Source The Parnassus (Wikipedia)

In Form

Fresco, Art Forms
Source The Parnassus (Wikipedia)

In Genre

Painting, Art Forms

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1. The Parnassus (Wikipedia)
  • Genre reference
    The Parnassus is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael, painted between 1509 and 1511 in the Stanza della Segnatura of the Raphael Rooms in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, commissioned by Pope Julius II.
  • infobox year field: 1509-1511
  • lead paragraph
    The Parnassus (Italian: Il Parnaso, referring to Mount Parnassus) is a fresco painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael in the Raphael Rooms ("Stanze di Raffaello"), in the Palace of the Vatican in Rome, painted at t
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2. The Parnassus (Wikipedia)
Infobox, Location
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Apostolic Palace, Vatican Museums, Vatican City
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