# Allegory of May: Triumph of Apollo \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [COSSA, Francesco del]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Fresco, 216 x 320 cm ## Commentary This detail shows the upper layer \(Triumph of Apollo\) and middle layer \(zodiac sign Gemini\) of the allegory of May. In the upper scene Apollo can be seen in the centre, on the left side the poets, on the right side the nine Muses are represented. In the lower part a kneeling man is listening to music played on a musical instrument \(wind instrument\), on the left a teaches a young to the rules of poetry or music, on the right a man stand with a bow. ## Related artworks - [Allegory of April: Triumph of Venus \(detail from the Bull\)]() - [Allegory of April: Triumph of Venus \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of April: Triumph of Venus \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of April: Triumph of Venus \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of April: Triumph of Venus]() - [Allegory of April: Triumph of Venus]() - [Allegory of March: Triumph of Minerva \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of March: Triumph of Minerva \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of March: Triumph of Minerva \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of March: Triumph of Minerva \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of March: Triumph of Minerva \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of March: Triumph of Minerva \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()