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	1000*1094 True Color 187 Kb
	The Loggia of Psyche 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	1000*1228 True Color 226 Kb
	The Loggia of Psyche 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	870*1070 True Color 185 Kb
	The Council of Gods 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	1214*1000 True Color 225 Kb
	The Council of Gods 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	1344*800 True Color 214 Kb
	Wedding Banquet of Cupid and Psyche 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	1213*1000 True Color 226 Kb
	Wedding Banquet of Cupid and Psyche 1517 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	1353*800 True Color 223 Kb
	Venus and Cupid 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	1280*800 True Color 196 Kb
	Mercury 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	1276*800 True Color 198 Kb
	Venus on the Chariot Pulled by Doves 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	1345*800 True Color 201 Kb
	Venus and Jupiter 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	1275*800 True Color 195 Kb
	Cupid and the Three Graces 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	900*1161 True Color 204 Kb
	Venus, Ceres and Juno 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	900*1308 True Color 231 Kb
	Venus and Psyche 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	1000*1190 True Color 196 Kb
	Psyche Brings a Vessel up to Venus 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	900*1090 True Color 188 Kb
	Psyche Gives Venus the Vessel 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	900*1139 True Color 188 Kb
	Cupid Pleads with Jupiter for Psyche 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	900*1170 True Color 190 Kb
	Mercury Brings Psyche up to Olympus 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	900*1169 True Color 182 Kb
	The Feast of God (detail) 1517-18 Fresco Villa Farnesina, Rome	958*800 True Color 123 Kb