Crustaceans; detail of the Second Loggia of Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio) at the Apostolic Palace; Vatican (Loge de Raphael au palais apostolique)The loggia; or colonnaded porch; on the second story of the Apostolic Palace is one of the Vatican's most remarkable art treasures; its decoration; designed by Raphael (1483-1520) and executed by his workshop in 1517-19; epitomizes the spirit of the Italian Renaissance in its synthesis of Christian and classical themes. Meanwhile; the plasterwork of the other architectural elements is decorated with grotesques fanciful arabesques enlivened with a wide variety of human and animal figures modeled after ancient Roman wall paintings.Vatican; 2019.