Author: Raphael Sanzio d'Urbino (1483-1520) (after), Nicolas Dorigny (1658-1746) (engraver), Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1613-1696) (text)
Title: Psyches Et Amoris Nuptiae Ac Fabula a Raphaele Sanctio Urbinate Romae in Farnesinianis Hortis Transtyberim Ad Veterum Aemulationem Ac Laudem Colorum Luminibus Expressa a Nicolavo Dorigny Ad Similitudinem Delineata Et Incisa, Et a Joanne Petro Bellorio Notis Illustrata. [the Story of the Wedding of Cupid and Psyche, Painted by Raphael Sanzio D'Urbino in the Farnesina, Rome... ]
Description: Rome: Dominico de Rossi, Jo. Jacobi (Jo. Jacobi de Rubeis), August 15, 1693. Oblong folio. 46.5 x 69 cm. (18.25 x 27.25 inches) page size. Suite of 12 engravings. Housed in a custom portfolio with painted boards, leather spine, large embossed leather label, leather ties and leather corners by the celebrated Russian-American binder Alexandr (Sasha) Mosalov. OCLC Number: 504754030 Set of 12 engravings of Raphael's frescoes of scenes from the myth of Cupid (also known as Eros) and Psyche in the Villa Farnesina in Rome. Raphael's paintings illustrate part of the story The Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius (the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety). In this work, Venus, jealous of a beautiful mortal girl named Psyche, sends Cupid on an errand to punish the girl. Cupid instead falls in love with Psyche, and after a series of secrets, betrayals, and trials, the lovers are reunited, and Psyche is made immortal. The frescoes are painted on the vaults and ceiling above demilune reserves on the ground floor at the end of the entrance hall, now known as the Loggia of Psyche. Images of leafy garlands of fruit accentuate the arches of the vaults, also framing the classical images. The frescoes were commissioned by the Sienese banker Agostino Chigi, called "magnifico" by his peers for his richly decorated villa and the elegant entertainments he hosted there. The paintings were recently restored and the Villa Farnesina is open to the public as a museum. Some foxing. .

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