Lot 193
  • 193

Godfried Schalcken Made, near Breda 1643 - 1706 The Hague

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Godfried Schalcken
  • a young woman seated at a table, holding a candle between her fingers
  • signed in black ink, lower left: G.Schalken fecit.

  • black chalk

Condition

Faint traces of horizontal fold, circa 1/4 of the way up from the bottom. Slightly rubbed on some of the highest points in the paper surface. Very lightly foxed throughout. Otherwise very good and fresh. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

Though no painting with exactly the same composition is known, the subject is utterly typical of the artist.