AMORETTO FROM THE CEILING OF THE VILLA FARNESINA, LOGGIA DI PSICHE: [Set of fourteen copperplate etchings]
by AUDRAN, Gérard (engraver); after RAPHAEL:
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
In 1517, Agostino Chigi commissioned Raphael to decorate the ground floor loggia of the Villa Farnesina in Rome, in which the artist had painted his 'Galatea' a few years before. The series of frescoes which Raphael produced traced the story of Cupid and Psyche, a myth derived from the Golden Ass of Apuleius (2nd Century A.D.). The present set of etchings, first produced c.1662-1690, document each of the fourteen lunettes of the entrance loggia, depicting various cupids accompanied by the animals and other assorted attributes representative of the deities who had paid homage to Love.
The Chalcographie du Louvre was established in 1797 with the purpose of collecting and preserving engraved copperplates, as well as for establishing a workshop of skilled printers who would produce new impressions from the original plates on historic presses. Originally made up of the plates from Louis XIV's personal collection ('The King's Cabinet'), the Calcography went on to acquire several thousand further plates, and is still in operation today.
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- Bookseller
- Sky Duthie Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1307
- Title
- AMORETTO FROM THE CEILING OF THE VILLA FARNESINA, LOGGIA DI PSICHE
- Author
- AUDRAN, Gérard (engraver); after RAPHAEL:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Paris: Chalcographie du Louvre, Musées Imperiaux.
- Date Published
- [c.1850].
- Keywords
- Art & Design
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Sky Duthie Rare Books
About Sky Duthie Rare Books
Following a period in academia focusing on the history of ideas and after several years working for a prominent rare bookseller, the business was established in 2022 by Dr Sky Duthie.
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