Lot 663: Godfried Maes (Antwerp 1649-1700 ?)

Jupiter and Io; Jupiter and Io, disguised as a white heifer, confronted by Juno; and Mercury rescuing Io from Argus: Illustrations for the Metamorphoses of Ovid black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, brown ink framing lines, watermarks Strasburg Lily (1) and cross (3) 166 x 221 mm. and smaller (3) PROVENANCE The artist's widow, sold as a series of 83 illustrations for the Metamorphoses, to Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam, before 1717; de Leth, Amsterdam, 10 March 1755, portfolio U, no. 87. B. Cronenburgh; Amsterdam, 22 March 1762, portfolio A, no. 1. Anonymous sale; Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 15 January 1974, part of lot 1273 (to Dreesmann). Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (part of inventory no. B-91).