Strauss & co - 5 March 2018, Cape Town

372 629 Johannes Meintjes SOUTH AFRICAN 1923-1980 Leda signed and dated 1947 oil on canvas 48 by 39cm R  –   PROVENANCE Mr Johan Malherbe, Cape Town EXHIBITED Argus Gallery, Cape Town, Johannes Meintjes Exhibition , 16 to 28 June 1947, catalogue number 51, with the title Leda and the Swan . LITERATURE Dagboek van Johannes Meintjes: Deel II: Feb 1947 - April 1951 . (1972) Molteno: Bamboesberg-Uitgewers. Page 211, catalogue number JM 156. Leda and the Swan is a subject from Greek mythology wherein Zeus, the king of the gods, approaches Leda disguised as a swan and seduces her. They had two children together, Helen and Pollux.