Sunday, December 14, 2025

Godfried Schalcken
(1643 - 1706)
 

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfried_Schalcken


Fire and Light (A Girl Places a Candle in a Lantern and a Boy Blows on the Coals in a Chafing-Dish)
attributed to Godfried Schalcken, 1690 - 1706
Oil on canvas
46 x 38cm
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/Fire-and-Light-A-Girl-Places-a-Candle-in-a-Lantern-and-a-Boy-Blows-on-the-Coals-in-a-Chafing-Dish--1e5628a7eafd9eb84cc338d591de4c56

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