Below the painting there are two scenes of Alexander the Great and Augustus preserving the works of Homer and Virgil.
Below the painting there are two scenes of Alexander the Great and Augustus preserving the works of Homer and Virgil. On the left is Sappho in a contrapposto pose watching a discussion between Ovid and Horace. On the right are the Renaissance poets Petrarch, Boccaccio, and Ariosto. In the center, Apollo is seated playing a lyre to the Muses surrounding him. FTP, identify this 1511 fresco commissioned by Julius II for the Stanza della Segnatura and painted by Raphael, named for the mythological mountain which is its setting.
Below the painting there are two scenes of Alexander the Great and Augustus preserving the works of Homer and Virgil.
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