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Set of three lithographic prints comprising:</br>lithographic print of painting by Guercino entitled The Libyan Sibyl, originally painted c.1651.</br>Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom, (1738-1820). Probably bought for George III by Richard Dalton in Italy, early 1700s; recorded in the Warm Room at Buckingham Palace.Oil on canvas. A late work by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino (the Squinter). One of two half-length Sibyls painted for Ippolito Cattani and paid for on the 4th December 1651. One of the twelve Sibyls alleged to have prophesied the coming of Christ to the Gentiles, this painting depicts the Libyan Sibyl identified by the inscription on the book. The pendant, or companion to this painting is the Samian Sibyl (private collection) and a workshop replica can be seen lying in the foreground of Johan Zoffany's 'Tribuna of the Uffizi' in image No: 32.</br>Print size inches: 7.7 x 9.2 together with lithographic print of painting by Guido Reni entitled Cleopatra with the Asp, originally painted c.1628</br>Acquired Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1st son of George II, King of Great Britain (1707-51). Acquired in or before 1749.Oil on canvas, the painting was hung in the Prince's Closet at Leicester House. Executed in the late 1620s, Reni is known to have painted at least three other versions. According to Reni's biographer Carlo Cesare Malvascia, Cleopatra was commissioned by his friend Palma Giovane (d.1628) for Boselli, a Venetian merchant, to be judged in competition with companion pictures by Giovane, Renieri and Guercino. Although Reni did not win the competition, Renieri purchased the painting following Boselli's death.</br>Print size inches: 7.7 x 9.3 together with lithographic print of painting by Giorgione entitled A Shepherd with a Pipe, originally painted c.1510-15</br>Acquired by Charles I (1600-49) as by Giorgione, recovered after the Restoration.Oil on canvas. Now attributed to Titian, this haunting pastoral theme is reminiscent of Giorgione with whom Titian was apprenticed. However the execution of the painting gives rise to the thought that it may have been painted by Titian based on a lost original conceived by Giorgione. Never the less, some scholars continue to attribute 'The Shepherd' to Giorgione.</br>Print size inches: 7.2 x 9.2