Lot 667: Godfried Maes (Antwerp 1649-1700 ?)

Apollo discovering the Unfaithfulness of Coronis; Apollo at the Birth of Asclepius; Apollo entrusting Asclepius to Chiron; and Mercury stealing Apollo's Cattle: Illustrations for the Metamorphoses of Ovid black chalk, pen and brown and grey ink, grey wash, brown ink framing lines, countermark TL (2) and watermarks cross (1 and 3) and Strasburg Lily (4) 179 x 246 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).