Lot 664: Godfried Maes (Antwerp 1649-1700 ?)

Jupiter and Callisto; Callisto before Diana; Europa and the Bull; and Cadmus searching for Europa: Illustrations for the Metamorphoses of Ovid black chalk, pen and brown and grey ink, brown and grey wash, brown ink framing lines, countermark EL (3) and watermark Strasburg Lily (1, 2 and 4) 182 x 240 mm. and smaller (4) 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).