Lithographic Prints - Leonardo Da Vinci Drawings (Set
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Set of two lithographic prints comprising:
lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled St. Paul Preaching at Athens (Detail), originally painted c.1516
A 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 Leonardo da Vinci entitled The Head of Leda, originally drawn c.1504-6
Acquired 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
lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled St. Paul Preaching at Athens (Detail), originally painted c.1516
A 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 Leonardo da Vinci entitled The Head of Leda, originally drawn c.1504-6
Acquired 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
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