Apollo on the Parnassus
by RAIMONDI, Marcantonio, Engraving, 358 x 472 mm
Although we do not know exactly when Raphael first started working with Marcantonio Raimondi, it appears to have been around 1510, and by 1511 they were collaborating on a steady basis. Raphael handed over finished drawings in pen and ink or chalk to Marcantonio for use as his compositional sources. The engraving Apollo on the Parnassus was taken from a ‘discarded’ composition for the Parnassus fresco in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican.