Raphael’s Vatican masterpiece gets laser treatment
The Vatican Museums on June 24 unveiled a vast five-year laser restoration project for the frescoes of Raphael’s Loggia, a long decorated corridor at the heart of the Apostolic Palace.
Laser cleaning will be used so as not to spoil the Renaissance masterpiece in the west wing of the loggia, located on the second floor of the palace in Vatican City.
Sixty-five meters long and four wide, the loggia was designed by the painter and architect and decorated between 1517 and 1519 by Raphael’s workshop for Pope Leo X (1513-1521).
It is divided into 13 bays, each with biblical episodes painted on the vaults.
