Set of six lithographic prints comprising:
lithographic print of drawing by Raphael entitled A Naked Figure fleeing with an Axe, originally drawn c.1512
Recorded in The Royal Collection by 1810.
Black chalk. Recorded in the collection of George III. Both numbers 65 (Naked Figure Fleeing with an Axe) and 66 (Two Figures crouching under a Shield), are studies for an unexecuted altarpiece of the Resurrection, possibly intended for the Chigi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome. In this composition we see one of the guards who watched over the tomb of Jesus blinded by the light at His resurrection.
Print size inches: 7.9 x 9.8 together with lithographic print of drawing by Raphael entitled Two Naked Figures Crouching under a Shield, originally drawn c.1512-14
Recorded in The Royal Collection of George III, King of the United Kingdom, 1738-1820.Black chalk. See also No. 65, A Naked Figure Fleeing with an Axe. In this composition we find two figures shielding themselves from the light emanated by the Resurrection. Both drawings remained unfinished due to the artist's early death.

Print size inches: 8.2 x 9.8 together with lithographic print of drawing by Domenichino entitled Study for Apollo, originally drawn c.1615
The Domenichino drawings in the Royal Library had been left by the artist to his pupil, Francesco Raspantino; the collection was later acquired successively by Carlo Maratta, the Albani Pope Clement XI, and finally, in 1762, by James Adam for George III.Black chalk, heightened with white. A study for the figure of Apollo in the ceiling fresco The Chariot of Apollo in the Palazzo Costaguti in Rome, which was commissioned from the artist by Monsignor Costanzo Patrizi.
Print size inches: 9.3 x 9.7 together with lithographic print of drawing by Guercino entitled Peace, originally drawn c.1618-20
Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820).Charcoal, some black chalk, heightened with white chalk on greenish-grey paper. An allegorical figure of a woman holding a torch. No related painting is known.
Print size inches: 7.9 x 9.6 together with lithographic print of drawing by Frederico Barocci entitled Head of a young Woman, originally drawn c.1582-84
Acquired by Charles II (1630-85).Black, red and white chalk on blue paper. Olsen compares the likeness of this study to the Virgin in the Vatican Annunciation executed between 1582-1584 for the chapel of Francesco Maria II, Duke of Urbino, in the basilica at Loreto, which is more likely. His head studies are meticulously drawn using pen, wash and a variation of different coloured chalks, many hundreds of which survive. Noted for his altar pieces, Barocci was based in the small city of Urbino and many of his commissions were for provincial sites thus restricting his influence.
Print size inches: 7.5 x 9.7 together with lithographic print of drawing by Guercino entitled A Woman reading, originally drawn c.1621
Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820).Red chalk. A study for Aurora, the figure of Night in the ceiling fresco of the principal ground floor room of the Casino Ludovisi in Rome.
Print size inches: 9.3 x 9.8