Show at the King's Gallery features an 'enormous cache' of works by the likes of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael ...

Often, they were preparatory studies for finished paintings or works in other media – such as ... a lobster attempts to use a nutcracker rather than its own claws. Raphael, that famous lover, was one ...

Obviously, they used sketches as preparation for paintings but they also had ... Michael Clayton, the curator, has brought out of his store things old – Raphael’s Three Graces or Leonardo’s beautiful, ...