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Description: | This painting is probably a late copy of one of the scenes from the story of Cupid and Psyche designed by Raphael for the vault of the Loggia di Psiche in the Roman Villa Farnesina. The decorations, commissioned by Agostino Chigi, were completed by Raphael's assistants between 1516 and 1518. This group of Cupid and the Three Graces has the volume and rich modelling characteristic of Giulio Romano, to whom it has been attributed. The subjects derived from the Golden Ass, written by the Latin author Apuleius. They refer to the theme of Amor vincit omnia, or Love's universal dominion. | Subjects: | Psyche; Three Graces) literature (Apuleius The Golden Ass); mythology (Cupid | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Giulio Romano (Italian painter and architect, probably 1499-1546) Æ After After Raphael (Italian painter and draftsman, 1483-1520) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8954... | Go to resource |
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