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Set of two lithographic prints comprising:</br>lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled Star of Bethlehem and other Plants, originally drawn c.1505-7</br>Acquired by Charles II, King England (1630-85). Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel by 1630 and finally resting with The Royal Collection by 1690.Red chalk with pen and ink. During this time (1505-7), Leonardo was creating a number of studies of plants for the foreground of the painting Leda and the Swan, destroyed around 1700. Moving towards a more stylised structure the drawing illustrates the Star of Bethlehem with flowers growing from a draped ring of swirling leaves and grasses behind. To the left one identifies leaves of crowfoot and to the right wood anemone with spurge and detail of its individual flowers below.</br>Print size inches: 6.5 x 8 together with lithographic print of painting by Marco Ricci entitled The Courtyard of a Country House, originally painted c.1728</br>Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820), with the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice.Marco Ricci succeeded his father and Canaletto as stage designer at the famed Venetian Theatre of Sant'Angelo. The arrangement and lighting of Ricci's designs are surprisingly similar to Canaletto's vedute, (large scale cityscapes or other vista). The Courtyard of a Country House is one of a set of thirty-two drawings in tempera by Marco Ricci. The inscription on the back suggests that some (at least) of the set were painted for the Consul?s wife.</br>Print size inches: 8.9 x 6