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Original fileThis black-and-white diagram displays the ground floor layout of the Renaissance villa commissioned by the banker Agostino Chigi. It labels key architectural spaces including the Sala di Galatea, the central Loggia, and the Sala del Fregio, indicating the arrangement of walls, columns, and ceiling vaulting.
The Villa Farnesina is a major site for Renaissance astrology and Neoplatonism; the ceiling of the Sala di Galatea contains a detailed natal horoscope of the patron, Agostino Chigi, while the Loggia features Raphael's Neoplatonic cycle of Cupid and Psyche.
Sala di Galatea La Loggia Sala del Fregio Villa Farnesina
Translation
Room of Galatea The Loggia Room of the Frieze Villa Farnesina
Agostino Chigi
The patron who commissioned the villa's extensive astrological and mythological decorative programs.
Baldassare Peruzzi
The architect of the villa and painter of the astrological ceiling in the Sala di Galatea.
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Oil on panel
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