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Set of three lithographic prints comprising:</br>lithographic print of painting by Sebastiano Ricci entitled The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John the Baptist and an Angel, originally painted c.1710</br>Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom, (1738-1820). Purchased from Consul Joseph Smith.Joseph Smith was the British Consul in Venice during this period. The painting was hung in the Music Room at Kew.</br>Print size inches: 8.9 x 6.1 together with lithographic print of painting by Annibale Carracci entitled The Madonna and Sleeping Child with the Infant St. John (Il Silenzio) , originally painted c.1599-1600</br>Bought by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820) from Dalton, 27th May 1766. Oil on canvas. A much copied small devotional work, engraved by Bartolozzi while it hung in Buckingham Palace in 1768. A copy of note is that attributed to Domenichino (Louvre), painted c1605 shortly after the original.</br>Print size inches: 8.9 x 6.7 together with lithographic print of painting by Jacopo Bassano entitled The Adoration of the Shepherds (Detail), originally painted c.1531</br>Acquired by Charles I (1600-49).Oil on canvas. Dating from around 1544-45, Bassano established himself as a major artist of the Venetian School producing a number of large-scale paintings. The composition of this painting includes a ruined temple frequently seen in Renaissance art, which depicts the birth of Christ. It represents a symbol of the Old Dispensation (Judaism) having been superseded by the New Dispensation (Christianity).</br>Print size inches: 8.3 x 10.4