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Set of two lithographic prints comprising:</br>lithographic print of drawing by Frederico Barocci entitled Head of a young Woman, originally drawn c.1582-84</br>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.</br>Print size inches: 7.5 x 9.7 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