America, 17th century, Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 3/16in. (26. 7 x 20. 8cm), Drawings, Godfried Maes (Antwerp 1649?1700 Antwerp), This unusual male allegorical figure of the New World belongs to a set of drawings of the 'four continents. ' The images likely served as preliminary designs for tapestries. The other three regions are represented by women, and the final tapestries and related paintings include a female America as well