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PSYCHE tecting Psyche ; 4, Venus going in her car to ask aid of Jupiter ; 5, Venus imploring Jupiter to send Mercury in search of Psyche ; 6, Mercury in pursuit of Psyche ; 7, Psyche, by order of Venus, bringing a vase from the infernal regions ; 8, Psyche presenting the vase to the astonished Venus ; 9, Jupiter giving his consent to the marriage of Cupid and Psyche ; 10, Mercury conveying Psyche to Olympus to be married. Ceiling : 1, Council of the Gods, before which Cupid and Psyche are pleading their cause ; Mer- cury offers Psyche ambrosia which is to give her immortality. Painted by G. Ro- mano. 2, Banquet of the Gods in celebra- tion of the marriage of Psyche and Cupid, who occupy the post of honour at the table. The Graces pour perfumes over the bride, Bacchus and genii fill the flagons, the Hours scatter flowers, and Apollo sings and plays the Ivre, while Venus, crowned with roses, prepares to dance. Painted by II Fattore. Lunettes : 1, Cupid with his arrows ; 2, Cu- pid with Jupiter's thunderbolt ; 3, Cupid with Neptune's trident ; 4, Cupid with Plu- to's staff ; 5, Cupid with shield and sword of Mars ; 6, Cupid with bow and quiver of Apollo ; 7, Cupid with caducous and cap of Mercury ; 8, Cupid with thyrsus of Bac- chus ; 9, Cupid with Pan's flute ; 10, Cupid with helmet and shield of Minerva ; 11, Cu- pid with helmet and shield of Mars ; 12, Cupid with club of Hercules ; 13, Cupid with hammer and trident of Vulcan ; 14, Cupid subduing a lioa and a sea-horse. Or- dered by Agostiuo Chigi in 1512, but exe- cution delayed and not completed until about 1519 ; cartoons finally drawn by Raphael and frescos painted by Giulio Ro- mano, II Fattore, and Giovanni da Udine, by whom are the festoons, arabesques, and other ornamental parts. Only one figure, the nearest of the Graces in the second pendentive, is attributed to Raphael. Re- stored and much repainted by Carlo Ma- ratti. Engraved by N. D. Gallus, F. P. Burgundus, Joseph Insler ; the whole pen- dentives engraved by Marc Antonio, Marco da Ravenna, Cherubini, Alberti. The de- signs of a series of thirty-two engravings, by pupils of Marc Antonio, representing the history of Psyche, but differing from these frescos, are attributed to Raphael ; but Vasari ascribes them to Michael Coxcie, a Flemish painter who worked in Raphael's school. Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 366 ; v. 436, 524 ; Miintz, 499 ; Passavant, ii. 281 ; Fors- ter, Farnesina-Studien ; Gruyer, Raphael et 1'Autiquite, ii. 1G9 ; Mariette, Abecedario, iv. 317 ; Springer, 338 ; Bigot, Raphael et La Fame-sine (1884) ; Liibke, 176 ; Gutbier,

PI. 53-63.

PSYCHE RECEIVED INTO OLYM- PUS, Polidoro da Caramggio, Louvre ; wood, H. 3 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 2 in. Jupiter, seated at right and surrounded by the divinities | of Olympus, offers the cup of immortality to Psyche, presented by Mercury. In his early style ; shows influence of Raphael. Formerly in collection of Louis XIV. Fil- hol, ix. PI. 649 ; Landon, Musee, xiii. PI. 41. PUBLIUS, animal painter, Rome, about A.D. 90. Mentioned by Martial (i. 110), but it is doubtful whether he was the painter or owner of the animal spoken of. PUCCIO CAPANNA. See Capanna, Puc- cio. PUCINELLI, ANTONIO, born in Flor- ence ; contemporary. History painter, pu- pil of Florence Academy, where he won

several prizes ; studied afterwards in Rome

and became director of Bologna Academy. Works : Moses treading upon Pharaoh's Crown (1846) ; Israelites in Captivity at Babylon (1851) ; Episode in Massacre of the Innocents (1852), Florence Academy ; Party Men taking Oath of Peace before Dino Campagni. PUEBLA, DIOSCORO, bom in Spain ; contemporary. History and genre painter. Works : Landing of Columbus in America ; Compromise of Caspe ; Daughters of the Cid ; A Minuet ; Family Consultation ; The Maja on the Balcony. PUJOL. See Abel de Pujol. 482