The Parnassus.

The scene depicts a lush, hilly landscape where the god Apollo performs music amidst the Muses and great literary figures like the blind Homer, Dante in a red robe, and Virgil. In the lower left, the poet Sappho is seated holding a lyre and a scroll, while the Castalian spring flows from the center of the hill. The figures are arranged in a semicircular composition that integrates the physical architecture of the room into the painted horizon.

This work represents the Renaissance ideal of 'Poetic Fury' (furor poeticus), a Neoplatonic concept popularized by Marsilio Ficino where the poet is seen as a divinely inspired medium. It serves as a visual bridge between classical mythology and Christian humanism, placing secular literature on equal footing with theology and philosophy.