Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Loggia of Psyche
Alternate Title:
Loggia di Psiche
Image View:
Spandrel of Venus on chariot pulled by doves
Creator:
Giovanni da Udine (Italian painter, 1487-1564); Giovanni Francesco Penni (Italian painter, ca. 1496-ca. 1528); Giulio Romano (Italian painter, 1499-1546); Raphael (Italian designer, 1483-1520), and workshop
Location:
repository: Villa Farnesina (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Via della Lungara, 230
GPS:
41.893611 12.4675
Date:
ca. 1517-1518 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Work Type 2:
loggia
Classification:
painting
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Description:
Raphael conceived the fresco decoration of the entrance loggia ceiling, which suggests an illusion of an open garden pergola with faux tapestries of the Council of the Gods and the Wedding Banquet of Cupid and Psyche (ca. 1517-1518) suspended overhead. In the side vaults are scenes from the legend of Psyche (taken from Golden Ass of Apuleius, 2nd century CE) and representations of amoretti holding emblems of the gods; Raphael probably also intended that the lunettes of the loggia be frescoed. The execution was left largely to pupils, with various portions attributed to Giulio Romano (spandrels), Giovanni da Udine (the plant festoons and birds), Raffaello dal Colle and Giovanni Francesco Penni. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-RS-CP3-VOC-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Loggia of Psyche