Portrait of Nicolas Boileau to the Parnassus worn, Bernard Picart, 1729 print Satirical poetry carries the portrait of the French writer Nicolas Boileau to the Parnassus. Apollo and the muses are waiting for the mountain, who will laurel the writer's portrait. In the background Pegasus as a symbol of poetic genius. In the margin a three -faced caption in French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Apollo and the Muses, Apollo Musagetes. Parnassus, sacred to Apollo Musagetes. writer, poet, author. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ satirical poetry; 'Poema satirico' (Ripa)

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