Set of three lithographic prints comprising:
lithographic print of painting by Antonio Correggio entitled The Holy Family with St. Jerome, originally painted c.1519
Acquired 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.1599-1600
Bought 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 together with lithographic print of painting by Sebastiano Ricci entitled The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John the Baptist and an Angel, originally painted c.1710
Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom, (1738-1820). Purchased from Consul Joseph Smith.Joseph Smith was the British Consul in Venice during this period. The painting was hung in the Music Room at Kew.
Print size inches: 8.9 x 6.1