The Parnassus

This article is about the fresco by Raphael. For other uses, see Parnassus (disambiguation).
The Parnassus
ArtistRaphael
Year1509–1511
TypeFresco
Dimensions670 cm (260 in) wide
LocationApostolic Palace, Vatican Museums, Vatican City

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 the commission of Pope Julius II.

It was probably the second wall of the Stanza della Segnatura to be painted between 1509 and 1511,[1] after La Disputa and before The School of Athens, which occupy other walls of the room.[2]

  1. ^ Marcia B. Hall (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Raphael, Cambridge University Press, 2005, p. 195.
  2. ^ Jones and Penny, p. 74: "The execution of the School of Athens ... probably followed that of the Parnassus."