VOUET, Simon
(b. 1590, Paris, d. 1649, Paris)

Parnassus or Apollo and the Muses (detail)

c. 1640
Oil on panel
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest

The detail shows the group of the Muses: Melpomene and Kalliope resting on books, behind them Thalia and the embracing Terpsichore and Euterpe. In the background on the left Pegasus can be seen.