Set of two lithographic prints comprising:
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 together with lithographic print of painting by Veronese (Paolo Caliara) entitled David and Goliath, originally painted c.1546
Purchased 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