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Set of four lithographic prints comprising:lithographic print of drawing by Guercino entitled Study of a flying Putto, originally drawn c.1622-24Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820).Red chalk with some sanguine wash. Probably drawn very soon after the artist?s arrival in Rome. It may be connected with the ceiling painting of the Assumption (c.1623/4) in the Chiesa del Rosario at Cento, or, less probably, with the St. Chrysogonus in Glory (1622) which is now at Lancaster House. (Information kindly supplied by Mr. Denis Mahon).Print size inches: 7 x 9.2 together with lithographic print of drawing by Annibale Carracci entitled Cupid, originally drawn The great collection of drawings by the Carracci in The Royal Library came from two sources; the Albani collection, purchased in Rome for George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820) in 1762, and Consul Joseph Smith?s collection, bought for the King in 1763.Black chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper. One of the magnificent large studies for the ceiling of the Galleria Farnese in which Carracci worked from 1597-c.1604. The drawing represents one of two Cupids found in the corner of the ceiling to the left of the fresco entitled 'Polyphemus killing Acis'.Print size inches: 6.8 x 9.7 together with lithographic print of drawing by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini entitled Study for the Fontana del Moro in the Piazza Navona in Rome, originally drawn c.1652-1655The Bernini drawings in The Royal Library were among the drawings bought in Rome for George III with the Albani Collection in 1762.Pen and brown wash. A drawing for the second stage of Bernini?s design for the fountain, which was designed and made between 1652 and 1655.Print size inches: 8.1 x 9.7 together with lithographic print of drawing by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini entitled A Kneeling Angel, originally drawn c.1658-61Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom 1738-1820 with the Albani Collection in 1782.Black chalk and brown wash. A drawing for one of the angels on the altar designed by Bernini for the Cappella del SS. Sacramento in St. Peter?s. The altar had been commissioned by Urban VIII in 1629, but was not in fact designed until 1658-61 (for Alexander VII) and not executed until 1673-75.Print size inches: 6.7 x 5.8