Right to Left: the prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra; Zarathoustra; Zoroastre); the philosopher and astrologer Ptolemy (Claude Ptol閙閑; Claudius Ptolemaus); with the black beret is a self-portrait of Raphael representing Greek painter Apelles (Apelle); and Protogenes (Le Protegene) (Greek painter; 4th cent. BC) with the face of italian painter Le Sodoma.- Detail of the School of Athens (L'Ecole d'Athenes; Die Schule von Athen).Painting by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio; Raffael).- Painted in the Stanza della Segnatura (Room of the Signatura; Salle de la Signature; Saal der Signatur) between 1509 and 1511 as a part of Raphael's commission to decorate the rooms now known as the Stanze di Raffaello; in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.- The most famous philosophers of ancient times move within an imposing Renaissance architecture which is inspired by Bramante's project for the renewal of the early Christian basilica of St Peter. Vatican Museums. 2021.