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324 GODFRIED SCHALCKEN SECT. In the Palace, Schwerin, 1792 catalogue, p. 77, No. 15. In the Palace, Ludwigslust, 1821 catalogue, No. 207. In the Schwerin Museum, 1882 catalogue, No. 936. 51. THE PENITENT MAGDALEN. In a waste landscape at night, the Magdalen sits beside a heap of rocks. Her figure and the objects around her are illumined by a bronze lamp hanging from the branch of a tree to the left. She wears a white tunic and a red cloak. On a rock in front of her lies an open book. She holds an earthenware pot. To the right is the moon, half hidden by clouds. Signed in full; canvas, 20 inches by 16 inches. In the Lasienski Palace, Warsaw, 1895 catalogue, No. 12. 51*7. Mary Magdalen. With a lighted lamp. Sale. G. van Sypes (Everard van Sypestein), Utrecht, April n, 1714 (Hoet, i. 172), No. 6 (130 florins). 5i/. The Penitent Magdalen. Behind her is an angel. ii inches by 10 inches. Sale. E. van Dishoek, Amsterdam, November 6, 1749 (Hoet, ii. 277), No. 15 but No. 1 6 of the original catalogue (160 florins, Verkolje). 5 if. Mary Magdalen. With a lighted lamp. Very finely rendered. 17 inches by 15 inches. Sale. Joan Willem Frank, The Hague, April 5, 1762 (Terw. 248), No. 48 but No. 30 of the original catalogue (10 florins 5, Van Brakel). 5 1*/. Mary Magdalen. She sits with a resigned air at a table on which is a candle. Excellently painted. Panel, io inches by 9^ inches. Sale. W. Smits and others, The Hague, May 18, 1785, No. 8 (52 florins, Baron van Nagel). 51*. The Magdalen. A very fine little picture. Sale. C. A. de Calonne, London, March 23, 1795, No. 4 (6 : 6s.) ; see Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, i. 242. 52. The Penitent Magdalen. In a rocky landscape. In a penitent attitude with folded hands, she looks at a crucifix lying before her, beside an open book and a skull. A lighted lamp illumines the scene. Finely rendered. Panel, 9 inches by 6| inches. Sale. (Fiseau ?) Amsterdam, August 30, 1797, No. 207(26 florins, _Van Zanten). 53. The Penitent Magdalen. In a rocky landscape. Her folded hands rest on an open book, beside which are a skull, a pot of ointment, and other books. At the side hangs a lighted lamp. A good and finely rendered picture. [Possibly identical with 54.] Canvas on panel, 17 inches by 13! inches. Sale. Amsterdam, May 23, 1798, No. 169 (16 florins, Werff).