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Set of two lithographic prints comprising:</br>lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled Neptune with his Sea-horses., originally drawn c.1504-5</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.Black chalk on white paper. A study for the drawing of Neptune for his friend Antonio Segni, master of the papal mint. Although highly praised in the sixteenth century, the large finished drawing is now lost and what we see here is a preparatory study. The flowing design and movement is comparable with the Battle of Anghiari on which Leonardo was working at the same time. At the top of the paper is written, in Leonardo's hand a reminder to 'Abasse icchacalli' (lower the horses).</br>Print size inches: 9.3 x 6.1 together with lithographic print of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci entitled A Woman in a Landscape, originally drawn c.1517-18</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.Black chalk. Certainly one of Leonardo's last drawings created towards the very end of his life, probably in France where he died in 1519. The content of the sketch shows a young woman standing in a landscape pointing. It was said by Popham that this drawing 'represents the sum of that romantic feeling which underlies Leonardo's work as a painter and draughtsman'.</br>Print size inches: 5.5 x 8.4