Villa Farnesina
You’re at the Villa Farnesina, a Renaissance suburban villa on the Via della Lungara that was built between 1506 and 1510 for Agostino Chigi—the wealthy Sienese banker and treasurer of Pope Julius II. Instead of behaving like a typical street-facing city palace, this one was designed as an airy summer pavilion, with a U-shaped plan and a five-bay loggia set between the arms of the building. Chigi didn’t just commission architecture. He ordered fresco decoration by major High Renaissance artists, including Raphael, Sebastiano del Piombo, Giulio Romano, and Il Sodoma. The themes drew inspiration from the Stanze of Angelo Poliziano, tied to the circle of Lorenzo de’ Medici. Raphael’s most famous work here includes the ground-floor frescoes—among them “The Triumph of Galatea” and the loggia myth cycle on Cupid and Psyche. …
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