The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Illustrations to the Metamorphoses of Ovid: Jupiter and Io (.1); Jupiter and Io, disguised as a white beifer (.2); Mercury Rescuing Io from Argus (.3)

Godfried Maes

late 17th century

Attribution

Godfried Maes Antwerp 1649–1700 Antwerp

Medium

Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash

Physical dimensions

each sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 11/16 in. (16.5 x 22 cm)

Credit line

Frits and Rita Markus Fund, 2002