Parnassusby Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio) (1483-1520)Raphael's Rooms - Room of the signatureBeneath Poetry; Mount Parnassus is represented: the god Apollo; seated at the centre; plays the lyre surrounded by the nine Muses; protectresses of the arts; and by ancient and modern poets; among whom Homer (blind); Virgil and Dante are easily recognisable behind him; as well as the poetess Sapphos seated at the bottom left; with her name written on the scroll she holds in her left hand.Vatican Museums (Raphael's Rooms - Room of the Signature; Stanza della Segnatura)