Cupid Supplicating Jupiter (about 1611-15), by Peter Paul Rubens and studio In this scene from a second-century prose narrative, Venus’s son Cupid supplicates the king of the gods to allow him to wed Psyche, a mortal. Base on decorations in the Villa Farnesina in Rome (1518) by Raphael’s studio, this composition also gracefully displays the painter’s knowledge of antique monuments; the torso of Jupiter suggests the Belvedere torso in the Vatican Museums. The patron of this commission has not yet been identified, but the erudition and humor suggest that it was made for a courtly context.