Assembly of the Gods after the ceiling composition in the Loggia di Psiche, Villa Farnesina, Rome
Medium
Engraving; first state of two
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 14 3/4 × 21 7/16 in. (37.4 × 54.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.97.249
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite engraving, titled *Assembly of the Gods after ceiling composition in the Log di Psiche, Villa Farnesina, Rome captures the High Renaissance grandeur of Raphael's, faithfully reproduced by engravers Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio and Giovanni Penni in 1527. The first state of two impressions, it depicts a mythological gathering featuring male and female nudes, Cupid, Psyche, and peacocksevoking the Roman gods in a lively, harmonious tableau inspired by the frescoed ceiling of Rome's Villa Farnesina. Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio), the design mastermind, infused the scene with his signature...
About the Artist
Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio|Giovanni Francesco Penni|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · 1500–1565
Italian, Parma or Verona ca. 1500/1505–1565 Krakow (?)