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Angel" said to have reference to the deliverance from 

 captivity of Leo X., after he was taken prisoner at 

 Eavenna. This fresco is remarkable for the singular 

 lights, quite uncommon in this master the angel 

 outside the window throws his light through the 

 bars ; the effect prodigious. The armour of the sleep- 

 ing soldiers is thus illuminated. One soldier awake 

 has a torch in his hand, and the moon is shining 

 behind. One part of the soldier's helmet reflects the 

 torch-light, the other part the moon-light, which at 

 the same time is illuminating the landscape behind. 

 All this is very singular for Eaphael, and most mar- 

 vellous in its excellence. 



In the corridors round the courts of the building 

 are a profusion of the finest frescoes. Each arch has 

 four. These are small, but most brilliant, though 

 exposed to the air for three centuries, and are much 

 better, in point of preservation, than the rooms. 

 The frescoes in the Loggia are by different hands. 

 Eaphael designed one side, containing about fifty 

 paintings; he finished one and his scholars the rest. 

 Zucchero did the other three sides. In Eaphael's 

 part, each subject has four pictures; the finest and 

 freshest is the " Creation." He finished the first part, 

 " Chaos, and the Deity making Light." He is soaring 

 wildly with purple robes among fire -clouds, and 

 sweeping His hand, which produces the light; it is a 

 divine piece. Then the Land and Water ; He is still 

 flying and tracing with His finger. Then the Sun and 

 Moon, less exact ; and then the Beasts fantastic, for 



