Godfried Schalcken (1643-1706), sometimes called Gottfried Schalken, Dutch painter especially famed for his ability to capture the effects of candle light. He’s outside the usual time range for this blog but I became interested in his work after seeing the 1979 BBC TV
Schalcken the Painter, based on a short story by Sheridan le Fanu, a story inspired by Schalcken’s paintings.
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| Godfried Schalcken, Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, c.1700 |
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| Godfried Schalcken, Artist and Model Looking at an Ancient Statue by Lamplight, between 1675 and 1680 |
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| Godfried Schalcken, Pygmalion |
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| Godfried Schalcken, portrait of Mary Stanhope, wife of Charles ffane, Viscount Fane (detail) |
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| Godfried Schalcken, Young Girl with a Candle, between 1670 and 1675 |
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