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xix GODFRIED SCHALCKEN 373 Sales. Caspar van Citters, Rotterdam, July I, 1811, No. 59. A. van Beeftingh and others, Rotterdam, April 30, 1832, No. 30 (59 florins, Netscher). Dordrecht, April 30, 1838, No. 6 (210 florins, Schmit). E. J. de Court van Valkenswaard, Dordrecht, April 12, 1847, No. 136 (232 florins, Le Roy). A Woman in a Recess. By artificial light. Panel, 6 inches by 7^ inches. Sale. The widow Van Griensven-Berntz, The Hague, April 25, 1862, No. 34 (62 florins, Thyssen). 217. A Young Girl with a Candle in her Left Hand. With her right hand she raises a large curtain at an arched window. She stands behind the window and looks out with a smile. She wears only a chemise and a red bodice and is apparently going to bed. On her fair hair is a white cap. Panel, 10 inches by 7 inches. Sales. Vanderbelen, Brussels, May n, 1840. J. J. Chapuis, Brussels, December 4, 1865, No. 356 (610 francs, Stroobant). 2 1 8. A Young Girl with a Lighted Candle. She leans on a window. Below the window-sill is a carpet. 10 inches by 7^ inches. In the Schonborn collection, Pommersfelden, 1857 catalogue, No. 342, as by Schalcken orDou. Sale. Count Schonborn-Pommersfelden, Paris, May 17, 1867, No. 113 (400 francs, De la Panouse). 2i8rf. A Girl with a Lighted Candle. She pushes aside a curtain. Panel, I2| inches by 10 inches. Sales. (Probably) Tscheppe and others, Frankfort-on-Main, November 7, 1898, No. 90. Wedewer of Wiesbaden, Cologne, May I, 1899, No. 422. ziSb. A Girl holding an Oil- Lamp. She looks out of a window. Half-length, in full face. Panel, 6 inches by 5^ inches. Sale. Munich, October 29, 1903, No. 66. 219. THE COQUETTE. Sm. 8 1. Half-length. She is turned to the left, and leans her head, which is covered with a large kerchief, on her left arm. She holds a lighted candle in her right hand. Her left elbow rests upon a red cushion lying on a table in front. Behind the cushion to the left is the candlestick. On the extreme right is a blue curtain. [Pendant to 202.] Signed in full on the left at foot ; panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. What was probably a replica was in the Sales. X. de Burtin, Brussels, July 21, 1819, No. 157. D. van der Schrieck of Louvain, Brussels, April 8, 1861, No. 99 OSS francs).