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Set of two lithographic prints comprising:</br>lithographic print of painting by Giovanni Bellini entitled Portrait of a Young Man, originally painted c.1505</br>Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820) in 1762 as part of the collection of British Consul Joseph Smith.Oil on panel. Signed below on a label, this painting is one of the last surviving portraits executed by Bellini. Although unidentified, the apparel worn by the sitter is typical of a Venetian cittadino and may possibly be the Venetian writer and humanist Pietro Bembo (1470-1547).</br>Print size inches: 7.4 x 9.4 together with lithographic print of drawing by Lorenzo di Credi entitled Head of a Youth Looking up, originally drawn c.1490-1500 </br>Metal-point on pink prepared surface, heightened with white. A preparatory study for both the 'Stigmatisation of St Francis' (Musee Fesch, Ajaccio) and 'Mary Magdalene in the Wilderness' (Bode Museum, Berlin).</br>Print size inches: 5 x 6.5