Decoration in the Raphael Loggias.

This hand-colored etching depicts a vaulted section of the Vatican Loggia, centered on a fresco of the first day of Creation. A bearded figure representing the Creator pushes back heavy clouds to reveal a burst of golden light, surrounded by a complex architectural framework. The borders are decorated in the 'grotesque' style, featuring winged griffins, garlands of fruit, and small figures of angels and classical motifs in diamond-shaped panels.

The scene illustrates the 'Fiat Lux,' the primordial separation of light from chaos, which served as a fundamental point of meditation for Renaissance Neoplatonists and Hermeticists. In these traditions, the act of dividing light from darkness represents the manifestation of the Divine Intellect or Logos into the material world.