Decoration of the Loggia di Psiche in the Villa Farnesina (1517-18)
by RAFFAELLO and his workshop

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



Summary of works by Raphael
Paintings in Umbria and Florence
up to 1504 | 1505-06 (Florence) | 1507-08 (Florence) | 1505-08 (Umbria)
Decoration of the Stanze
Segnatura | Eliodoro | Borgo | Constantino
Paintings in Rome
1509-12 | 1513-14 | 1515-17 | Loggia | Villa Farnesina | 1518-20
Other
Tapestries and cartoons | Drawings | Architecture



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