拍品专文
These drawings were part of a group of 45 sheets sold by Godfried Maes' widow to Jacob de Wit before 1717. The group was purchased by Cronenburgh at de Wit's posthumous sale; de Leth, Amsterdam, 10 March 1755, portfolio U, no. 87. The group was then separated after the Cronenburgh sale; Amsterdam, 22 March 1762, portfolio A, no. 1. Thirty drawings were sold at Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 15 January 1974 (lot 1273).
(1) Apollo seducing Leucothoe
(2) Apollo pouring Nectar on Leucothoe's Tomb
(3) Apollo at Vulcan's Forge
(4) The Finding of the Infant Bacchus
(5) The Slaying of the Children of Niobe
(6) The Flaying of Marsyas
(7) Erichthonius discovered by the Daughters of Cecrops
(8) Minerva at the House of Envy
(9) Mercury at the House of Cecrops
(10) Minerva and the Muses
(11) Pyrenaeus welcoming the Muses
(12) The Muses evading the Advances of Pyrenaeus
(13) Mercury at the Temple of Minerva
(14) Juno in Hades
(15) Athamas tearing apart his Children
(16) Aleithoe's Sisters transformed into Bats
(17) Ceres transforming the old Woman's son into a Lizard
(18) Pluto carrying off Persephone
(1) Apollo seducing Leucothoe
(2) Apollo pouring Nectar on Leucothoe's Tomb
(3) Apollo at Vulcan's Forge
(4) The Finding of the Infant Bacchus
(5) The Slaying of the Children of Niobe
(6) The Flaying of Marsyas
(7) Erichthonius discovered by the Daughters of Cecrops
(8) Minerva at the House of Envy
(9) Mercury at the House of Cecrops
(10) Minerva and the Muses
(11) Pyrenaeus welcoming the Muses
(12) The Muses evading the Advances of Pyrenaeus
(13) Mercury at the Temple of Minerva
(14) Juno in Hades
(15) Athamas tearing apart his Children
(16) Aleithoe's Sisters transformed into Bats
(17) Ceres transforming the old Woman's son into a Lizard
(18) Pluto carrying off Persephone