Eight figures in the Parnassus, Pp,1.73

This drawing on pink prepared paper shows a standing, laureled figure identified as the blind poet Homer holding a book. To his right, a female figure—likely a Muse—is depicted in a reclining pose, looking upward as if receiving divine inspiration. Faint, ethereal outlines of additional heads and figures are visible in the background, showing the artist's early arrangement of the celestial assembly.

This work is a study for the Parnassus fresco in the Stanza della Segnatura, which represents the Neoplatonic concept of 'furor poeticus' or divine madness. It reflects the Renaissance effort, led by thinkers like Marsilio Ficino, to reconcile classical mythology and the arts with Christian theology by portraying poetry as a path to divine truth.