Set of two lithographic prints comprising:
lithographic print of drawing by Raphael entitled The Massacre of the Innocents, originally drawn c.1510
Recorded in the collection of George III (1738-1820).Red chalk over a tracing in pencil and a sketch with a stylus. A study for the design which was engraved by Marcantonio but was not apparently used for any other purpose. On the verso a study for a salver with marine deities.
Print size inches: 9.3 x 5.6 together with lithographic print of painting by Raphael entitled The Sacrifice of Lystra, 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 5.8