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The original designed by Raphael for the Medici Pope, Leo X in 1517 for the Vatican Palace, consists of a large loggia (65m long) divided into 13 bays, the ceilings of which each have four frescoes showing Old Testament scenes in 12 bays and the 13th showing New Testament ones. The 52 frescoes are known as "Raphael's Bible".
Catherine The Great recreated the Loggia in the New Hermitage and it is one of the most spectacular halls in the museum.
The wall decorations are very imaginative reworking of ancient Roman ornamentations.
In the following photos of the 13 bays, the descriptions of the four scenes in each of the vaults are given in the sequence: bottom, left, top and right (BLTR).
B - Creation of the Sun and Moon
L - Separation of the Land from the Waters
T - Separation of Light from Darkness
R - Creation of the Animals
B - Adam and Eve at Work
L - Adam and Eve Banished from Eden
T - The Original Sin
R - The Creation of Eve
B - Noah and his sons building the Ark
L - The Sacrifice of Noah
T - Leaving the Ark on Mount Ararat
R - The Deluge
B - Abraham and Melchizedek
L - Lot flees from Sodom
T - God appears to Abraham
R - Abraham and the Three Angels
B - God appears to Isaac
L - Isaac and Esau
T - Abimelech spies on Isaac
R - Isaac Blesses Jacob
B - Jacob's Dream
L - Jacob returns to Canaan
T - Jacob reproves Laban
R - Jacob meets Rachel
B - The Dreams of Joseph
L - The Dreams of the Pharaoh
T - The Treachery of Potiphar's Wife
R - Joseph sold by his Brothers
B - Moses Saved from the Water
L - The Water gushing from the Rock
T - Passing through the Red Sea
R - The Burning Bush
B - Moses receives the Tablets of Law
L - Moses shows his People the Tablets of the Law
T - The Column of Cloud
R - Adoration of The Golden Calf
B - Joshua stops the Sun
L - The Fall of Jericho
T - Crossing the River Jordan
R - Dividing The Promised Land
B - Samuel Anoints David King
L - The Triumph of David
T - David and Bathsheba
R - David Slays Goliath
B - Solomon Consecrated King by Zadok
L - The Queen of Sheba
T - Construction of The Temple
R - The Judgement of Solomon
B - The Birth of Christ
L - The Last Supper
T - The Baptism of Christ
R - The Adoration of The Magi
