In 1517 Agostino Chigi commissioned Raphael to decorate the ground floor loggia of the villa in which the artist had painted the Galatea a few years before. The frescoes represent the Story of Psyche, a myth derived from the Golden Ass of Apuleius (2nd century A. D.). The cycle of pictures appears only on the ceiling. Although the preparatory drawings and the general conception of the stories are by Raphael, the bulk of the painting was carried out by his pupils, notably Giovanni da Udine (who painted the rich plant festoons of the frame) with the collaboration of Giulio Romano, Raffaellino del Colle and Gianfrancesco Penni.

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	The Loggia of Psyche 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	The Loggia of Psyche 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	The Loggia of Psyche 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	The Council of Gods 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	The Council of Gods 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	Wedding Banquet of Cupid and Psyche 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	Wedding Banquet of Cupid and Psyche 1517 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	Venus and Cupid 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	Mercury 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	Venus on the Chariot Pulled by Doves 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	Venus and Jupiter 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	Cupid and the Three Graces 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	Venus, Ceres and Juno 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	Venus and Psyche 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	Psyche Brings a Vessel up to Venus 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	Psyche Gives Venus the Vessel 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	Cupid Pleads with Jupiter for Psyche 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	Mercury Brings Psyche up to Olympus 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome
	The Feast of God (detail) 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome