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Lot 630

Continental school, still life study of fruit, oils on canvas. Together with a similar study coloured print. Both gilt frames. (2)

Lot 639

After Mariannecci, portrait group of dancing muses, coloured print. Framed and glazed.

Lot 676

After Rosina Wachtmeister, study of two cats, coloured print. Framed and glazed.

Lot 677

Portrait of a 16th Century regal lady, over painted print laid on canvas. Framed.

Lot 686

Assorted furnishing pictures to include watercolour figures at a farm gateway, print after Dufy, print knight with dog, and print North American native Indian. Framed (4)

Lot 108

After Edmond Blanpied (British, 1886-1966), 'Two Dogs and a Cat Eating' (All The Bronx Cheer), printed signature lower right, monochrome print. H.26cm W.24cm

Lot 111

Rupert Lee (British, 1887-1959), 'Tiger and Cub', signed and dated 1919 lower right, iron red monochrome woodblock print on paper. H.14cm W.11.5cm

Lot 168

Early 20th century Continental school. A head and shoulder portrait of a gentleman, signed lower right, over painted print in an ornately carved giltwood frame. H: 13cm W: 19cm together with companion study of a lady.

Lot 185

After Beryl Cook (OBE) (British, 1926-2008). Study of figures gambling, polychrome screen print. H: 26cm W: 26.5cm

Lot 239

After Taito (late 19th century Japanese school) Study of cats, polychrome woodblock print, information to verso. H: 9cm W: 12cm

Lot 341

A 19th century Baxter print, 'Cape Wilberforce, Australia'. H.9.5cm W.14cm

Lot 124

British 1950's re-print Horror Comics, including: Avon Eerie Comics, no. 3; Ghostly Weird, no. 1; Ghost Rider, no. 11; Frankenstein, no's. 3, 4 and 5; and Spellbound Magazine. (7)

Lot 125

1950's British Super Hero re-print Comics, featuring: Captain Marvel; Batman; Superboy; Jungle Comics; etc. (25)

Lot 132

Viz Comic, no. 1, December 1979 - first print with red "Free Ice Cream" stapled to inside rear page, presentation copy signed by Chris and Simon Donald; together with a manilla envelope inscribed "Stevie. This is that blokes issue No. 1. Simon hasn't signed it yet. Chris".

Lot 134

Viz Annuals and hardback re-print albums (x 10); and the Best of Viz Letterbocks paperback.

Lot 135

Viz Comics Annuals and hardback re-print albums. (21)

Lot 136

Viz comics and annuals, sundry issues, No. 33 onwards; two Viz Annuals; two Summer Specials; three Best of Viz hardback re-print albums; 20th Anniversary Programme; etc. (qty)

Lot 32

Silver Age Comics by DC, including: Bomba The Jungle Boy, The Hawk & The Dove, Tarzan; together with British re-print titles: Tarzan and Korak.

Lot 101

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Death of Ananias (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 8.9 x 6 together with lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled St. Paul Preaching at Athens (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 8.9 x 6.5

Lot 104

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 7.2 x 9.4 together with lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Sacrifice of Lystra, originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 8.9 x 5.8

Lot 106

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Healing of the Lame Man (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 6.8 x 9.4 together with lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled St. Paul Preaching at Athens, originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 9 x 7

Lot 107

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Death of Ananias (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 8.9 x 6 together with lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled St. Paul Preaching at Athens (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 6.8 x 9.5

Lot 108

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 8.9 x 7 together with lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled St. Paul Preaching at Athens (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 6.8 x 9.5

Lot 109

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 7.1 x 9.4 together with lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled St. Paul Preaching at Athens (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 8.9 x 6.5

Lot 111

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled Christ?s Charge to Peter (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 7.9 x 9.4 together with lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Sacrifice of Lystra, originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 8.9 x 5.8

Lot 114

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 8.9 x 7 together with lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled St. Paul Preaching at Athens, originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 9 x 7

Lot 119

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Death of Ananias (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 8.9 x 6 together with lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Sacrifice of Lystra (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 6.5 x 9.4

Lot 12

Lithographic print of painting by Antonio Correggio entitled The Holy Family with St. Jerome, originally painted c.1519Acquired Charles I (1600-49). Recorded in the collection of Charles I.This early altarpiece was probably executed shortly after Correggio settled in Parma. This painting and `St. Catherine Reading` are all that remain of the eight Correggio`s once owned by Charles I.Print size inches: 7.5 x 9.4

Lot 121

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 7.1 x 9.4 together with lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled St. Paul Preaching at Athens, originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 9 x 7

Lot 123

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled Christ?s Charge to Peter (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 7.9 x 9.4 together with lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled St. Paul Preaching at Athens (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 8.9 x 6.5

Lot 126

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 8.9 x 7 together with lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Sacrifice of Lystra, originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 8.9 x 5.8

Lot 13

Lithographic print of painting by Titian entitled Portrait of a Man, originally painted 1518 (c.1514-18)Acquirer Charles II (1630-85). Among the pictures presented to Charles II in 1660 by the States of Holland and West Friesland.Oil on canvas. Dated variously as from 1511 to early 1520s, the vestments and hairstyle worn by the sitter would indicate a date closer to 1513. Although the sitter is unknown, the pose with his finger marking a page in the book, suggests a writer or humanist the most likely of whom being the Neapolitan poet Jacopo Sannazaro (1458-1530) and is listed as such in The Queen`s Collection.Print size inches: 7.7 x 9.3

Lot 131

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Death of Ananias (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 8.9 x 6 together with lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Blinding of Elymas (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 8.9 x 7.4

Lot 135

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled Neptune with his Sea-horses., originally drawn c.1504-5Acquired by Charles II, King England (1630-85). Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel by 1630 and finally resting with The Royal Collection by 1690.Black chalk on white paper. A study for the drawing of Neptune for his friend Antonio Segni, master of the papal mint. Although highly praised in the sixteenth century, the large finished drawing is now lost and what we see here is a preparatory study. The flowing design and movement is comparable with the Battle of Anghiari on which Leonardo was working at the same time. At the top of the paper is written, in Leonardo`s hand a reminder to `Abasse icchacalli` (lower the horses).Print size inches: 9.3 x 6.1 together with lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled A Deluge or Cloudburst, originally drawn c.1517-18Acquired by Charles II, King England (1630-85). Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel by 1630 and finally resting with The Royal Collection by 1690.Pen and black ink with wash. Probably executed during the last couple of years of Leonardo`s life, the cataclysmic storm became one of Leonardo`s favourite themes both in his drawings and writings. His dramatic execution of The Deluge illustrates his fascination of the destructive force of wind and water on the landscape. The inscription, all but hidden among the clouds at the top, demonstrates his scientific approach of understanding. It reads; `Of rain. You will show the degrees of falling rain at various distances and of varying degrees of obscurity, and let the darkest part be closest to the middle of its thickness`.Print size inches: 8.2 x 6.5

Lot 137

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled Star of Bethlehem and other Plants, originally drawn c.1505-7Acquired by Charles II, King England (1630-85). Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel by 1630 and finally resting with The Royal Collection by 1690.Red chalk with pen and ink. During this time (1505-7), Leonardo was creating a number of studies of plants for the foreground of the painting Leda and the Swan, destroyed around 1700. Moving towards a more stylised structure the drawing illustrates the Star of Bethlehem with flowers growing from a draped ring of swirling leaves and grasses behind. To the left one identifies leaves of crowfoot and to the right wood anemone with spurge and detail of its individual flowers below.Print size inches: 6.5 x 8 together with lithographic print of drawing by Michelangelo entitled Man Nude, with Proportions indicated, originally drawn c.1515-20Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820), by c.1810.Two tones of red chalk. With only two exceptions, the drawings by Michelangelo in the Royal Library were first recorded in the collection of George III. This is one of Michelangelo`s most majestic studies of a nude, possibly intended for teaching purposes having the proportions of various parts of the body indicated. Throughout his life the artist was drawn to the investigation of musculature and form, as reflected in this drawing. Of his few pupils, Sebastiano del Piombo (c.1485-1547) was probably the most adept and it was possibly drawn for Sebastiano as a teaching aid.Print size inches: 6.2 x 9.8

Lot 138

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled St. Paul Preaching at Athens (Detail), originally painted c.1516A section of his large Cartoons which were thought lost and later rediscovered at Genoa in 1623, Charles I instructed Sir Francis Crane, manager of the tapestry factory at Mortlake, London to purchase the Cartoons for £300.The original Cartoons are painted on paper in sized colours; the under-drawing is in charcoal and much of it is still visible. Seven of the Cartoons survive from the series of ten commissioned by Pope Leo X to serve as designs for tapestries which were to be woven in Flanders and hung in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries illustrate the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul.Print size inches: 8.9 x 6.5 together with lithographic print of drawing by Michelangelo entitled Man Nude, with Proportions indicated, originally drawn c.1515-20Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820), by c.1810.Two tones of red chalk. With only two exceptions, the drawings by Michelangelo in the Royal Library were first recorded in the collection of George III. This is one of Michelangelo`s most majestic studies of a nude, possibly intended for teaching purposes having the proportions of various parts of the body indicated. Throughout his life the artist was drawn to the investigation of musculature and form, as reflected in this drawing. Of his few pupils, Sebastiano del Piombo (c.1485-1547) was probably the most adept and it was possibly drawn for Sebastiano as a teaching aid.Print size inches: 6.2 x 9.8

Lot 139

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled A Man Tricked by Gypsies, originally drawn c.1493Acquired by Charles II, King England (1630-85). Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel by 1630 and finally resting with The Royal Collection by 1690.Pen and Ink on white paper. Recto: A composition of five heads depicting four grotesque gypsies surrounding the central figure of an old man wearing a wreath of oak leaves. Gypsies acquired a reputation for fortune telling and theft in the early fifteenth century and were ordered to leave Milan in April 1493. The drawing shows the figure on the right reading the old man`s palm - a section of the paper has for some reason been trimmed off at an earlier date - whilst in the foreground the crone on the left slips her hand beneath his arm to steal his purse. Verso: An inscription describing evil men.Print size inches: 7.8 x 9.8 together with lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled The Head of Leda, originally drawn c.1504-6Acquired by Charles II, King England (1630-85). Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel by 1630 and finally resting with The Royal Collection by 1690.Pen and ink over black chalk. This is a study, four of which survive, for the head of Leda in the painting Leda and the Swan. The theme is based on the mythical tale of Leda seduced by Jupiter in the form of a swan. Leonardo demonstrates his attention to detail with the whorls and braids of the hairstyle, not dissimilar to forms created by water. The painting itself does not survive, having been destroyed in the eighteenth century.Print size inches: 6 x 7.2

Lot 140

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled The Head of St James in the Last Supper, and architectural sketches, originally drawn c.1485Acquired by Charles II, King England (1630-85). Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel by 1630 and finally resting with The Royal Collection by 1690.A study of St James for The Last Supper 1495 -1485, refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. In the final painting Leonardo has transformed the youth seen here, into an older man with a beard. Probably a quick sketch drawn from life with the addition of three architectural studies depicting a corner bastion and a plan of the same. The diversity of these sketches suggest that this is an informal work study.Print size inches: 6.8 x 9.7 together with lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled A Seated Old Man, originally drawn c.1510Acquired by Charles II, King England (1630-85). Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel by 1630 and finally resting with The Royal Collection by 1690.A pen and ink sketch of an old man seated in front of a tree meditating, seemingly looking towards four separate studies of swirling water, a theme which fascinated Leonardo all his life. The inscription in Leonardo`s hand explains the `motion of the surface of the water which resembles hair`. On the verso of this sheet are various architectural studies in red chalk.Print size inches: 8.6 x 6.3

Lot 152

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled The Head of St James in the Last Supper, and architectural sketches, originally drawn c.1485Acquired by Charles II, King England (1630-85). Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel by 1630 and finally resting with The Royal Collection by 1690.A study of St James for The Last Supper 1495 -1485, refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. In the final painting Leonardo has transformed the youth seen here, into an older man with a beard. Probably a quick sketch drawn from life with the addition of three architectural studies depicting a corner bastion and a plan of the same. The diversity of these sketches suggest that this is an informal work study.Print size inches: 6.8 x 9.7 together with lithographic print of drawing by Michelangelo entitled Man Nude, with Proportions indicated, originally drawn c.1515-20Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820), by c.1810.Two tones of red chalk. With only two exceptions, the drawings by Michelangelo in the Royal Library were first recorded in the collection of George III. This is one of Michelangelo`s most majestic studies of a nude, possibly intended for teaching purposes having the proportions of various parts of the body indicated. Throughout his life the artist was drawn to the investigation of musculature and form, as reflected in this drawing. Of his few pupils, Sebastiano del Piombo (c.1485-1547) was probably the most adept and it was possibly drawn for Sebastiano as a teaching aid.Print size inches: 6.2 x 9.8

Lot 155

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled Star of Bethlehem and other Plants, originally drawn c.1505-7Acquired by Charles II, King England (1630-85). Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel by 1630 and finally resting with The Royal Collection by 1690.Red chalk with pen and ink. During this time (1505-7), Leonardo was creating a number of studies of plants for the foreground of the painting Leda and the Swan, destroyed around 1700. Moving towards a more stylised structure the drawing illustrates the Star of Bethlehem with flowers growing from a draped ring of swirling leaves and grasses behind. To the left one identifies leaves of crowfoot and to the right wood anemone with spurge and detail of its individual flowers below.Print size inches: 6.5 x 8 together with lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled A Standing Masquerader, originally drawn c.1513Acquired by Charles II, King England (1630-85). Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel by 1630 and finally resting with The Royal Collection by 1690.Pen and ink and wash, over black chalk. One of a series of designs for court festivities. The last years of Leonardo`s life were spent in the service of Francis I of France, a time of extravagant festivities at the French Court. Descriptions of the celebrations held in 1518 are well documented and the costumes described show a close resemblance to Leonardo`s designs suggesting that these studies were for costumes to be worn at this time.Print size inches: 6.7 x 9.8

Lot 163

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled A Man Tricked by Gypsies, originally drawn c.1493Acquired by Charles II, King England (1630-85). Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel by 1630 and finally resting with The Royal Collection by 1690.Pen and Ink on white paper. Recto: A composition of five heads depicting four grotesque gypsies surrounding the central figure of an old man wearing a wreath of oak leaves. Gypsies acquired a reputation for fortune telling and theft in the early fifteenth century and were ordered to leave Milan in April 1493. The drawing shows the figure on the right reading the old man`s palm - a section of the paper has for some reason been trimmed off at an earlier date - whilst in the foreground the crone on the left slips her hand beneath his arm to steal his purse. Verso: An inscription describing evil men.Print size inches: 7.8 x 9.8 together with lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled A Standing Masquerader, originally drawn c.1513Acquired by Charles II, King England (1630-85). Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel by 1630 and finally resting with The Royal Collection by 1690.Pen and ink and wash, over black chalk. One of a series of designs for court festivities. The last years of Leonardo`s life were spent in the service of Francis I of France, a time of extravagant festivities at the French Court. Descriptions of the celebrations held in 1518 are well documented and the costumes described show a close resemblance to Leonardo`s designs suggesting that these studies were for costumes to be worn at this time.Print size inches: 6.7 x 9.8

Lot 16B

Lithographic print of painting by Jacopo Bassano entitled The Adoration of the Shepherds, originally painted c.1531Acquired by Charles I (1600-49).Oil on canvas. Dating from around 1544-45, Bassano established himself as a major artist of the Venetian School producing a number of large-scale paintings. The composition of this painting includes a ruined temple frequently seen in Renaissance art, which depicts the birth of Christ. It represents a symbol of the Old Dispensation (Judaism) having been superseded by the New Dispensation (Christianity).Print size inches: 9.3 x 5.9

Lot 17

Lithographic print of painting by Veronese (Paolo Caliara) entitled David and Goliath, originally painted c.1546Purchased by Charles II in 1662.This oil on panel was acquired as by Schiavone and has been repeatedly attributed to him, but there is little doubt that this is an early work by Veronese. We see David kneeling victorious over the dead Goliath with the Philistines fleeing in the background.Print size inches: 8.9 x 3.7

Lot 178

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of drawing by Michelangelo entitled The Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John, originally drawn c.1532Black chalk, one of a group of studies showing the Virgin and Christ Child and the young John the Baptist, drawn around 1532.Print size inches: 6.6 x 9.8 together with lithographic print of drawing by Michelangelo entitled The Fall of Phaeton, originally drawn 1533First recorded in The Royal Collection c.1810.Black chalk. One of the four superb, exceedingly highly finished, drawings made by Michelangelo for his friend, the young Roman nobleman Tommaso de? Cavalieri, whom he met in the autumn or winter of 1532. Finished in August 1533, the drawing depicts the three phases of the story as told by Ovid of the God Jupiter hurling his thunderbolt against the uncontrolled Phaeton who falls towards the river Eridamus (represented here by the recumbent river-god), mourned by his sisters and brother Cycnus who was transformed into a swan.Print size inches: 5.7 x 9.8

Lot 18

Lithographic print of painting by Annibale Carracci entitled The Madonna and Sleeping Child with the Infant St. John (Il Silenzio) , originally painted c.1599-1600Bought by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820) from Dalton, 27th May 1766. Oil on canvas. A much copied small devotional work, engraved by Bartolozzi while it hung in Buckingham Palace in 1768. A copy of note is that attributed to Domenichino (Louvre), painted c1605 shortly after the original.Print size inches: 8.9 x 6.7

Lot 181

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of drawing by Michelangelo entitled Archers shooting at a Herm, originally drawn c.1530Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820) by 1810.Two tones of red chalk. One of a few presentation drawings made as gifts for his closest friends and considered the pinnacle of Michelangelo`s draughtsmanship. Fuelled by the fire kindled by the putti on the left, a group of naked youths, both male and female, aim urgently at a herm (a squared stone pillar with a head on the top). With one exception they have no weapons and their arrows fall to the base and sides of the target missing the centre symbolising the theme that ?passionate, blind striving cannot achieve its real aim?.Print size inches: 9.2 x 6.4 together with lithographic print of drawing by Michelangelo entitled The Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John, originally drawn c.1532Black chalk, one of a group of studies showing the Virgin and Christ Child and the young John the Baptist, drawn around 1532.Print size inches: 6.6 x 9.8

Lot 182

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of drawing by Michelangelo entitled The Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John, originally drawn c.1532Black chalk, one of a group of studies showing the Virgin and Christ Child and the young John the Baptist, drawn around 1532.Print size inches: 6.6 x 9.8 together with lithographic print of drawing by Michelangelo entitled The Risen Christ, originally drawn c.1532First recorded in The Royal Collection c.1810.Black chalk. One of the most magnificent of Michelangelo?s designs; he completed more than a dozen drawings of the Resurrection, some possibly intended as preparatory works. However much care has been taken with this work, and such highly finished drawings were a specialty of Michelangelo, as seen in his presentation drawings created as gifts for his closest friends.Print size inches: 6 x 9.8

Lot 185

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of drawing by Raphael entitled A Naked Figure fleeing with an Axe, originally drawn c.1512Recorded in The Royal Collection by 1810. Black chalk. Recorded in the collection of George III. Both numbers 65 (Naked Figure Fleeing with an Axe) and 66 (Two Figures crouching under a Shield), are studies for an unexecuted altarpiece of the Resurrection, possibly intended for the Chigi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome. In this composition we see one of the guards who watched over the tomb of Jesus blinded by the light at His resurrection.Print size inches: 7.9 x 9.8 together with lithographic print of drawing by Raphael entitled Two Naked Figures Crouching under a Shield, originally drawn c.1512-14Recorded in The Royal Collection of George III, King of the United Kingdom, 1738-1820.Black chalk. See also No. 65, A Naked Figure Fleeing with an Axe. In this composition we find two figures shielding themselves from the light emanated by the Resurrection. Both drawings remained unfinished due to the artist`s early death. Print size inches: 8.2 x 9.8

Lot 186

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled A Standing Masquerader, originally drawn c.1513Acquired by Charles II, King England (1630-85). Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel by 1630 and finally resting with The Royal Collection by 1690.Pen and ink and wash, over black chalk. One of a series of designs for court festivities. The last years of Leonardo`s life were spent in the service of Francis I of France, a time of extravagant festivities at the French Court. Descriptions of the celebrations held in 1518 are well documented and the costumes described show a close resemblance to Leonardo`s designs suggesting that these studies were for costumes to be worn at this time.Print size inches: 6.7 x 9.8 together with lithographic print of drawing by Pietro Perugino entitled Study for a Man in Armour, originally drawn c.1490-3First recorded in The Royal Collection inventory of c.1810. Metal-point on a prepared blue surface, heightened with white. A drawing based on Donatello?s marble statue of St. George (now in the Bargello, Florence). Perugino used the figure for his St. Michael in the altarpiece, now in the National Gallery in London, which was commissioned (c.1496) for the Certosa di Pavia.Print size inches: 7.3 x 9.8

Lot 188

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of drawing by Guercino entitled Study of a flying Putto, originally drawn c.1622-24Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820).Red chalk with some sanguine wash. Probably drawn very soon after the artist?s arrival in Rome. It may be connected with the ceiling painting of the Assumption (c.1623/4) in the Chiesa del Rosario at Cento, or, less probably, with the St. Chrysogonus in Glory (1622) which is now at Lancaster House. (Information kindly supplied by Mr. Denis Mahon).Print size inches: 7 x 9.2 together with lithographic print of drawing by Annibale Carracci entitled Cupid, originally drawn The great collection of drawings by the Carracci in The Royal Library came from two sources; the Albani collection, purchased in Rome for George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820) in 1762, and Consul Joseph Smith?s collection, bought for the King in 1763.Black chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper. One of the magnificent large studies for the ceiling of the Galleria Farnese in which Carracci worked from 1597-c.1604. The drawing represents one of two Cupids found in the corner of the ceiling to the left of the fresco entitled `Polyphemus killing Acis`.Print size inches: 6.8 x 9.7

Lot 189

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Canaletto entitled The Bacino di S. Marco on Ascension Day, originally painted c.1734Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820), with the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice.This oil on canvas, paired with `Regatta on the Grand Canal` (see No 26), is part of a series of 14 views on the Grand Canal. The scene depicts a traditional Venetian ceremony showing the Doge and his suite on the ceremonial vessel, the Bucintoro, after its return to the Molo from the ceremonial Wedding of the Sea on Ascension Day. Formerly in the collection of Consul John Smith, the series was engraved by Antonio Visconti and published in 1735.Print size inches: 8.9 x 5.3 together with lithographic print of painting by Canaletto entitled A Regatta on the Grand Canal, originally painted c.1733-34Bought by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820), with the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice at this time.The companion piece to The Bacino di Marco (see No 25), this scene celebrates the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin held on 2nd February. The painting shows the race of light-oared gondolas during this annual regatta with the arms of Carlo Ruzzini, who was Doge from June 1732 - January 1735, on the extreme left. Engraved by Antonio Visconti with its companion piece as the last two plates in his Prospectus Magni Canalis Venetiarum (Venice) published in 1735, gives credence to the date of completion as 1733-1734.Print size inches : 8.9 x 5.4

Lot 19

Lithographic print of painting by Artemisia Gentileschi entitled Self-portrait as Pittura, originally painted c.1638-9.Recorded by the trustees of the sales of Charles I in October 1649 at Hampton Court; sold to Jackson on 23rd October 1651. Recovered at the Restoration.Oil on canvas. Painted as a self-portrait in accordance with the description of the personification of `Painting` given in the Iconologia of Cesare Ripa (1611): A beautiful woman with full black hair, gold chain and iridescent clothing. It is probable that Artemisia produced this work during her stay in London from 1638 - 41.Print size inches: 7.1 x 9.4

Lot 190

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Pompeo Batoni entitled Edward Augustus, Duke of York (1739 - 1767), originally painted Attributed to the Studio of Pompeo Girolamo Batoni and created in 1764 or later.Acquired by Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) the portrait was first recorded at Buckingham Palace in 1876.The Duke was the younger brother of George III; he served in the Navy and is seen here in the undress uniform of a flag officer wearing the Garter. He was in Italy in 1763-64, and while in Rome he sat for Batoni.Print size inches: 6.8 x 9.4 together with lithographic print of painting by Johann Zoffany entitled The Tribuna of the Uffizi, originally painted Created in 1777 and brought to England in 1779Oil on canvas; commissioned by Queen Charlotte.In the summer of 1772, Zoffany travelled to Florence to commence work on the Grand Duke of Tuscany`s collection in the Tribuna of the Uffizi. Built by Francesco de` Medici to a design by Bernado Buontalenti in 1585-9, this hexagonal domed room at the Uffizi Palace, displayed the masterpieces of the Medici collection. Zoffany brings into his painting other works and objects from elsewhere in the Grand Duke`s collection to create a symposium in accordance with contemporary taste. He includes portraits of Florentine connoisseurs and diplomats in addition to young Englishmen passing through the city on the Grand Tour.Print size inches: 8.9 x 7.1

Lot 194

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Gentile da Fabriano entitled Madonna and Child with Angels (The Quaratesi Madonna), originally painted c.1430Purchased by the Prince Albert - Queen Victoria`s husband from Warner Otterly for £200, July 1846.Painted for the Quaratesi family in May 1425, this oil panel once formed the centre piece for the predella of the church of San Niccolo sopr` Arno near the Porta S. Miniato in Florence. It was placed in the Page?s Waiting Room at Osbourne House.Print size inches: 4.8 x 10.5 together with lithographic print of painting by Fra Angelico entitled St. Peter Martyr, originally painted c.1430-50Purchased by Prince Albert - Queen Victoria`s husband, through Ludwig Gruner, from Metzger of Florence in 1845.Oil on panel. An early Renaissance work which formed part of a large altarpiece in the San Marco series of paintings, completed in 1440.Print size inches: 4.3 x 9.5

Lot 203

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Guido Reni entitled Cleopatra with the Asp, originally painted c.1628Acquired Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1st son of George II, King of Great Britain (1707-51). Acquired in or before 1749.Oil on canvas, the painting was hung in the Prince`s Closet at Leicester House. Executed in the late 1620s, Reni is known to have painted at least three other versions. According to Reni`s biographer Carlo Cesare Malvascia, Cleopatra was commissioned by his friend Palma Giovane (d.1628) for Boselli, a Venetian merchant, to be judged in competition with companion pictures by Giovane, Renieri and Guercino. Although Reni did not win the competition, Renieri purchased the painting following Boselli`s death.Print size inches: 7.7 x 9.3 together with lithographic print of painting by Artemisia Gentileschi entitled Self-portrait as Pittura, originally painted c.1638-9.Recorded by the trustees of the sales of Charles I in October 1649 at Hampton Court; sold to Jackson on 23rd October 1651. Recovered at the Restoration.Oil on canvas. Painted as a self-portrait in accordance with the description of the personification of `Painting` given in the Iconologia of Cesare Ripa (1611): A beautiful woman with full black hair, gold chain and iridescent clothing. It is probable that Artemisia produced this work during her stay in London from 1638 - 41.Print size inches: 7.1 x 9.4

Lot 21

Lithographic print of painting by Guercino entitled The Libyan Sibyl, originally painted c.1651.Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom, (1738-1820). Probably bought for George III by Richard Dalton in Italy, early 1700s; recorded in the Warm Room at Buckingham Palace.Oil on canvas. A late work by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino (the Squinter). One of two half-length Sibyls painted for Ippolito Cattani and paid for on the 4th December 1651. One of the twelve Sibyls alleged to have prophesied the coming of Christ to the Gentiles, this painting depicts the Libyan Sibyl identified by the inscription on the book. The pendant, or companion to this painting is the Samian Sibyl (private collection) and a workshop replica can be seen lying in the foreground of Johan Zoffany`s `Tribuna of the Uffizi` in image No: 32.Print size inches: 7.7 x 9.2

Lot 215

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Antonio Correggio entitled The Holy Family with St. Jerome, originally painted c.1519Acquired Charles I (1600-49). Recorded in the collection of Charles I.This early altarpiece was probably executed shortly after Correggio settled in Parma. This painting and `St. Catherine Reading` are all that remain of the eight Correggio`s once owned by Charles I.Print size inches: 7.5 x 9.4 together with lithographic print of painting by Annibale Carracci entitled The Madonna and Sleeping Child with the Infant St. John (Il Silenzio) , originally painted c.1599-1600Bought by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820) from Dalton, 27th May 1766. Oil on canvas. A much copied small devotional work, engraved by Bartolozzi while it hung in Buckingham Palace in 1768. A copy of note is that attributed to Domenichino (Louvre), painted c1605 shortly after the original.Print size inches: 8.9 x 6.7

Lot 22

Lithographic print of painting by Luca Giordano entitled Psyche Honoured by the People, originally painted c.1695-7Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820).The first of a set of twelve surviving paintings on copper which illustrate the story of Cupid and Psyche, a tale of ill matched lovers, one mortal one divine, as recounted at considerable length by Apuleius in The Golden Ass (Books 4-6). Possibly commissioned by Carlos II of Spain or his mother, these late works date from 1692-1702 during which time Giordano spent at the Court of Charles II. Acquired by George III, they are recorded in the Bedchamber at Buckingham Palace (1792), but they are also mentioned in the archives of his father`s collection.Print size inches: 8.9 x 7.3

Lot 221

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Canaletto entitled The Thames from Somerset House, originally painted c.1746-50The Thames from Somerset House, c.1746-50. Bought by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820), with the collection of the British Consul in Venice, Joseph Smith.A detail taken from one of a pair of London views painted c.1746-50 while Canaletto was in London. Both views are taken from the terrace of Somerset House; in this detail we look down the river towards the City to St. Paul`s Cathedral, completed in 1709, and Wren`s forest of new spires. In the pendant to this painting we look in the opposite direction towards Whitehall and Westminster Abbey. The pair were the last paintings and only English views acquired by his friend and patron Consul Joseph Smith.Print size inches: 7.8 x 9.4 together with lithographic print of painting by Jacopo Bassano entitled The Adoration of the Shepherds, originally painted c.1531Acquired by Charles I (1600-49).Oil on canvas. Dating from around 1544-45, Bassano established himself as a major artist of the Venetian School producing a number of large-scale paintings. The composition of this painting includes a ruined temple frequently seen in Renaissance art, which depicts the birth of Christ. It represents a symbol of the Old Dispensation (Judaism) having been superseded by the New Dispensation (Christianity).Print size inches: 9.3 x 5.9

Lot 222

Set of two lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of painting by Canaletto entitled The Thames from Somerset House, originally painted c.1746-50The Thames from Somerset House, c.1746-50. Bought by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820), with the collection of the British Consul in Venice, Joseph Smith.A detail taken from one of a pair of London views painted c.1746-50 while Canaletto was in London. Both views are taken from the terrace of Somerset House; in this detail we look down the river towards the City to St. Paul`s Cathedral, completed in 1709, and Wren`s forest of new spires. In the pendant to this painting we look in the opposite direction towards Whitehall and Westminster Abbey. The pair were the last paintings and only English views acquired by his friend and patron Consul Joseph Smith.Print size inches: 7.8 x 9.4 together with lithographic print of painting by Francesco Zuccarelli entitled Landscape with Europa and the Bull, originally painted c.1740Bought by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820), with the collection of Consul Joseph Smith.Oil on copper. Probably commissioned by Joseph Smith, this small piece is one of the finest examples of Zuccarelli`s work in the Smith collection. The feminine content gives rise to the idea that the painting may have been intended for the apartments occupied by Smith`s wife in the Palazzo Balbi on the Grand Canal Venice. The Rape of Europa, as told in Ovid`s Metamorphoses, Book 11, tells of Jupiter falling in love with Europa and abducting her in the form of a Bull. The drama of Ovid`s tale is ignored by Zuccarelli who concentrates on a gentle pastoral scene of a bull being decorated with garlands of flowers. Europa can be seen only in the distance carried away by the bull led by Cupid.Print size inches: 6.7 x 9.3

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