Loggia of Love and Psyche

The Loggia on the ground floor of Villa Farnesina gets its name from the frescoes showing the fable of The Golden Ass by Apuleius. Of the numerous students of Raphael involved in the work, particularly noteworthy are Raffellino del Colle, Giovan Francesco Penni, Giulio Romano and Giovanni da Udine, who did the incredible festoons of flowers and fruit that frame various scenes. The frescoes, restored between 1693 and 1694 by Carlo Maratta, were successively enclosed in protective glass which is still present.