Godfried Schalcken

Dutch 1643-1706 Godfried Schalcken was born in 1643 at Dordrecht, and he studied under Samuel van Hoogstraten in Dordrecht before he moved to Leiden, into the studio of Gerard Dou (1613-1675), one of Rembrandt's most famous pupils. His earlier genre pictures very closely resemble Dou's work. He worked in Leiden until c. 1675, then returning to Dordrecht until 1691, after which he settled in The Hague, where he continued to paint until his death, near age 63, in 1706. He also visited England (1692-1697), but his uncouth manners and bad temper alienated him from the society there. In 1703 he was employed by Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine in D??sseldorf. Mary Stanhope, Viscountess Fane, detail, 1702.Schalcken painted several portraits, of which the half-length of William III of England, now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, is a good example. Like Dou, Schalcken specialised in small scenes it by candlelight, a technique that found favour with the fijnschilders. Examples are in Buckingham Palace, the Louvre, Vienna and Dresden. His painting, Lady, Come into the Garden (Buckingham Palace), was singled out by his pupil Arnold Houbraken as representative of his oeuvre. Other good examples are Old Woman Scouring a Pan and Soldier Giving Money to a Woman (London, National Gallery), Ceres Seeking Proserpine and Old Man Writing (Louvre), Girl Blowing Out Taper (Munich), Girl Reading Letter (Dresden Gallery), The Boy Angling (Berlin); and Toilet by Candle (The Hague). The Buckingham Palace collection also possesses an interior by Schalcken. His history paintings are less-well known.


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Godfried Schalcken Lovers Lit by a Candle oil


Lovers Lit by a Candle
Painting ID::  84548
Lovers Lit by a Candle
Date between 1665(1665) and 1670(1670) Medium Oil on wood Dimensions Height: 20 cm (7.9 in). Width: 14 cm (5.5 in). cjr
   
   
     

Godfried Schalcken Lovers Lit by a Candle oil


Lovers Lit by a Candle
Painting ID::  88388
Lovers Lit by a Candle
between 1665(1665) and 1670(1670) Medium Oil on wood cyf
   
   
     

Godfried Schalcken Self-portrait. oil


Self-portrait.
Painting ID::  91074
Self-portrait.
1694 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 110 x 89 cm (43.3 x 35 in) cjr
   
   
     

Godfried Schalcken Young Girl with a Candle oil


Young Girl with a Candle
Painting ID::  95891
Young Girl with a Candle
between 1670(1670) and 1675(1675) Medium oil on canvas cyf
   
   
     

Godfried Schalcken Kunstbetrachtung bei Kerzenlicht oil


Kunstbetrachtung bei Kerzenlicht
Painting ID::  96215
Kunstbetrachtung bei Kerzenlicht
Kunstbetrachtung bei Kerzenlicht cyf
Kunstbetrachtung_bei_Kerzenlicht cyf
   
   
     

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     Dutch 1643-1706 Godfried Schalcken was born in 1643 at Dordrecht, and he studied under Samuel van Hoogstraten in Dordrecht before he moved to Leiden, into the studio of Gerard Dou (1613-1675), one of Rembrandt's most famous pupils. His earlier genre pictures very closely resemble Dou's work. He worked in Leiden until c. 1675, then returning to Dordrecht until 1691, after which he settled in The Hague, where he continued to paint until his death, near age 63, in 1706. He also visited England (1692-1697), but his uncouth manners and bad temper alienated him from the society there. In 1703 he was employed by Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine in D??sseldorf. Mary Stanhope, Viscountess Fane, detail, 1702.Schalcken painted several portraits, of which the half-length of William III of England, now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, is a good example. Like Dou, Schalcken specialised in small scenes it by candlelight, a technique that found favour with the fijnschilders. Examples are in Buckingham Palace, the Louvre, Vienna and Dresden. His painting, Lady, Come into the Garden (Buckingham Palace), was singled out by his pupil Arnold Houbraken as representative of his oeuvre. Other good examples are Old Woman Scouring a Pan and Soldier Giving Money to a Woman (London, National Gallery), Ceres Seeking Proserpine and Old Man Writing (Louvre), Girl Blowing Out Taper (Munich), Girl Reading Letter (Dresden Gallery), The Boy Angling (Berlin); and Toilet by Candle (The Hague). The Buckingham Palace collection also possesses an interior by Schalcken. His history paintings are less-well known.

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