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322 GODFRIED SCHALCKEN SECT. Canvas, ig| inches by 15^ inches. Sale. The widow S. A. Westerhof Van der Schagen, Amsterdam, May 16, 1781, No. 45 (32 florins). 40. THE VIRGIN BESIDE THE DEAD CHRIST. Sm. 96. She is weeping. An angel bears a lighted torch. Panel, 20 inches by 12 inches. In the Uffizi, Florence, 1910 catalogue, No. 968. 41. The Women mourning over the Dead Christ. In front lies the dead Christ. Mary Magdalen, holding a lighted torch, looks at Him. Behind the corpse are the two other Maries ; one of them reclines in a resigned attitude beside a lighted lantern. John stands behind them. Above him is seen a glory. The lighting is well managed, and the picture is finely rendered. Canvas, 23^ inches by "] inches. Sale. The widow of S. A. Westerhof, born Van der Schagen, Amsterdam May 6, 1781, No. 46 (91 florins, Van der Schley). 42. The Women coming in the Morning to the Tomb of Christ. They are lighted by torches and lanterns. Unusually good and finely rendered. Canvas, rounded at top, 20^ inches by 14 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, March 13, 1793, No. 10 (51 florins, J. Spaan). 43. Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus. Christ and the two disciples are grouped at a table by candlelight. Christ blesses the bread. Canvas, 13^ inches by 19 inches. Sale. H. Haendcke and J. Herding, Cologne, October 5, 1896, No. 414. 44. Doubting Thomas. The apostle kneels before the Saviour, with a questioning glance at the risen Christ. In the background are several other apostles. One holds a lighted candle which brightly illumines the chief group. Panel, 13 inches by n inches. Sale. Forst and others, Cologne, December 13, 1899, No. 109. 45. THE PENITENT MAGDALEN. Sm. Suppl. 14. Half- length ; turned almost in profile to the right. She holds in her right hand a skull, to which she points with her left forefinger. In front of her face, on the extreme right, is a lighted lamp. She wears a loose brocaded gown over a chemise which leaves much of her bosom exposed. Her long hair, which falls down loosely, is adorned with a rose. In the left distance is a view of a landscape at night. To the right is a green curtain, draped round a column. Signed in full on the right at foot ; panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. In the chief Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 113. In the Palace, Kassel ; mentioned in the 1783 inventory. In the Louvre, Paris, 1806-1815. In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 304 (old No. 277).