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Godefridus Schalcken

1643

WA-00079236

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Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/godefridus-schalcken
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Godfried Schalcken was a Dutch artist who specialized in genre paintings and portraits. Schalcken was noted for his night scenes and mastery in reproducing the effect of candlelight. He painted in the highly polished style of the Leiden fijnschilders.

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National Gallery of ArtWashington, D.C.

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Artworks (30)

The Listening Woman

1832 · oil paint

Porträt des Gabriel Frisching (1666–1741), Offizier, Bankier.

1703 · oil paint

The Muse Clio

1700 · oil paint

Portrait of a Young Man by Godfried Schalcken

1700

Saint Peter by Candlelight

1700 · oil paint

Man With A Candle

1693 · oil paint

Study of a boy looking up

1693 · oil paint

Boy and a Girl blowing a Pig's Bladder

1682 · oil paint

Penitent Magdalene

1679 · oil paint

Man and Woman with a Wine Glass

1675 · oil paint

Girls with a Copybook, within a Stone Arch

1668

Young girl playing with a doll by the light of a lamp

1666 · oil paint

A young woman combing her hair in front of a mirror

1662 · oil paint

Young Man in Profile Holding a Silver Cup, Possibly Saint John the Evangelist

paper

Young woman smelling a flower

oil paint

An Offer Rejected

oil paint

Portrait of a Gentleman (possibly William III, 1650–1702)

oil paint

Good Night

oil paint

Old Woman and Boy with Candles (copy in reverse after Peter Paul Rubens)

oil paint

Candlelight Scene (copy after Peter Paul Rubens)

oil paint

Boy Blowing on a Firebrand

oil paint

Youth by Candlelight

oil paint

Candlelight: Youth Lighting a Pipe

oil paint

An Old Philosopher

oil paint

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30 published of 31 catalogued · 30 with image

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The Listening Woman
1832 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Porträt des Gabriel Frisching (1666–1741), Offizier, Bankier.
1703 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The Muse Clio
1700 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Saint Peter by Candlelight
1700 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Study of a boy looking up
1693 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Man With A Candle
1693 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Boy and a Girl blowing a Pig's Bladder
1682 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Penitent Magdalene
1679 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Man and Woman with a Wine Glass
1675 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Young girl playing with a doll by the light of a lamp
1666 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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