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Set of two lithographic prints comprising:</br>lithographic print of painting by Luca Giordano entitled Psyche Honoured by the People, originally painted c.1695-7</br>Acquired by George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820).The first of a set of twelve surviving paintings on copper which illustrate the story of Cupid and Psyche, a tale of ill matched lovers, one mortal one divine, as recounted at considerable length by Apuleius in The Golden Ass (Books 4-6). Possibly commissioned by Carlos II of Spain or his mother, these late works date from 1692-1702 during which time Giordano spent at the Court of Charles II. Acquired by George III, they are recorded in the Bedchamber at Buckingham Palace (1792), but they are also mentioned in the archives of his father's collection.</br>Print size inches: 8.9 x 7.3 together with lithographic print of drawing by Michelangelo entitled The Fall of Phaeton, originally drawn 1533</br>First recorded in The Royal Collection c.1810.Black chalk. One of the four superb, exceedingly highly finished, drawings made by Michelangelo for his friend, the young Roman nobleman Tommaso de? Cavalieri, whom he met in the autumn or winter of 1532. Finished in August 1533, the drawing depicts the three phases of the story as told by Ovid of the God Jupiter hurling his thunderbolt against the uncontrolled Phaeton who falls towards the river Eridamus (represented here by the recumbent river-god), mourned by his sisters and brother Cycnus who was transformed into a swan.</br>Print size inches: 5.7 x 9.8