Set of two lithographic prints comprising:
lithographic print of drawing by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini entitled Study for the Fontana del Moro in the Piazza Navona in Rome, originally drawn c.1652-1655
The Bernini drawings in The Royal Library were among the drawings bought in Rome for George III with the Albani Collection in 1762.Pen and brown wash. A drawing for the second stage of Bernini’s design for the fountain, which was designed and made between 1652 and 1655.
Print size inches: 8.1 x 9.7 together with lithographic print of painting by Marco Ricci entitled The Courtyard of a Country House, originally painted c.1728
Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820), with the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice.Marco Ricci succeeded his father and Canaletto as stage designer at the famed Venetian Theatre of Sant'Angelo. The arrangement and lighting of Ricci's designs are surprisingly similar to Canaletto's vedute, (large scale cityscapes or other vista). The Courtyard of a Country House is one of a set of thirty-two drawings in tempera by Marco Ricci. The inscription on the back suggests that some (at least) of the set were painted for the Consul’s wife.
Print size inches: 8.9 x 6