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Rock of the Philosphers, or Mount Parnassus, many ancient philosophers gathered in groups at the base of the mountain in the foreground, Diogenes in his barrel to right and Archimedes in center studying an armillary sphere in the middleground, an angel in the sky to left, the mountain in the background, a large cloud at the top of the mountain with the assembly of the gods
ca. 1661
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Medium
- Etching; second state of two
- Dimensions
- Plate: 10 3/8 x 8 5/16 in. (26.4 x 21.1 cm) Sheet: 10 11/16 x 8 3/8 in. (27.2 x 21.3 cm)
- Collection no.
- 2012.136.445
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Stefano Della Bella. Rock of the Philosphers, or Mount Parnassus, many ancient philosophers gathered in groups at the base of the mountain in the foreground, Diogenes in his barrel to right and Archimedes in center studying an armillary sphere in the middleground, an angel in the sky to left, the mountain in the background, a large cloud at the top of the mountain with the assembly of the gods. Stefano Della Bella; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Rock of the Philosphers, or Mount Parnassus, many ancient philosophers gathered in groups at the base of the mountain in the foreground, Diogenes in his barrel to right and Archimedes in center studying an armillary sphere in the middleground, an angel in the sky to left, the mountain in the background, a large cloud at the top of the mountain with the assembly of the gods — Stefano Della Bella. ca. 1661.
Medium: Etching; second state of two. Dimensions: Plate: 10 3/8 x 8 5/16 in. (26.4 x 21.1 cm) Sheet: 10 11/16 x 8 3/8 in. (27.2 x 21.3 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.