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Farnesina
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Farnesina (färnāzē`nä), villa in Rome, Italy, built (1508–11) by Peruzzi Peruzzi, Baldassare , 1481–1536, Italian architect and painter of the High Renaissance and mannerist periods. His outstanding architectural works are the Villa Farnesina (c.1505–c.1511) and the Palazzo Massimi (c.1535) in Rome.
..... Click the link for more information.  for the banker Agostino Chigi at the foot of the Janiculum on the right bank of the Tiber. One of the finest examples of Italian Renaissance architecture, it is famous for its frescoes by Raphael and his pupils. It was long the residence of the Farnese family.

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See P. d'Ancona, The Farnesina Frescoes at Rome (1955).
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An example is the Cupid and Psyche fresco cycle at the Villa Farnesina, which has been dismissed as a workshop product.
Raphael by Hall, Marcia B. / Renaissance Quarterly
There is a wonderful group of ancient Roman sculptures, mosaics and wall paintings, together with the well-known paintings from the Imperial-era villa revealed under the Villa Farnesina.
Things to Do in Rome by Fiona Hiliard / Travel, recreation and leisure community
The face of the Alba Madonna is also that of the significantly low-bosomed sea-nymph Galatea in Raphael's fresco in the Villa Farnesina (1511).
Raphael at the National Gallery by Bruce, Donald / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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