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xix GODFRIED SCHALCKEN 389 273^. A Woman and a Boy. By candlelight. 36 inches by 30 inches. Sale. Duke of Marlborough and others, London, May 14, 1904, No. 78. 274. A Woman and a Little Boy. By artificial light. Signed on the right ; copper, 14 inches by 10 inches. Sale. A. Coster, Brussels, April 4, 1907, No. 210. 275. Night-Pieces. It is uncertain whether two or more of the following were identical : Sale. Amsterdam, April 15, 1739 (Hoet, i. 581), No. 104 (8 florins 5) in the manner of Elsheimer. In the collection of Arnoud Leers, Rotterdam, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 526). Sales. Willem van Wouw, The Hague, May 29, 1764 (Terw. 360), No. 53 but No. 175 of the original catalogue (60 florins) ; 12 inches by 10 inches ; very natural. J. A. van Susteren, Antwerp, June 26, 1764 (Terw. 370), No. 2 but No. 5 of the original catalogue (65 florins) ; rounded at top, 16 inches by n-| inches. J. A. Sichterman, Groningen, August 20, 1764, No. 212 and No. 282 two examples. Jacoba Keiser, widow of N. H. Domis, Alkmaar, June 2, 1766 (Terw. 538), No. 22 (25 florins, with pendant 124*2) ; canvas, 31^ inches by 38^ inches. The Hague, April 29, 1769, No. B. 14 (12 florins) ; unusually fine. C. A. de Calonne, London, March 23, 1795, No. 12 (3 : 35.) ; an unusual scene see Buchanan, i. 225. Sir S. Clarke, Bart., and G. Hibbert, London, May 14, 1802, No. 119 (99 : 153.) ; Sm. 49, "A Candlelight Subject." In the collection of Prince Lucien Bonaparte, 1815, No. 104 ; see Buchanan, ii. 291. Sales. The Hague, June 6, 1820, No. 73 ; n inches by 8 inches. The Hague, June 6, 1820, No. 72. The Hague, June 8, 1820, No. 273. In the collection of Smallenberg van Stellendam ; exhibited at The Hague, 1 88 1, No. 270; canvas, 15^ inches by 12 inches. Sales. Joseph Grego, London, June ii, 1908, No. 97. Earl of Derby, London, May 27, 1909, No. 62 ; on copper. 275*7. Interior with Three Figures at a Table. By candlelight. Panel, 13^ inches by IO inches. Sale. J. Keyden and others, London, May 12, 1910, No. 36. 275^. Four Figures by a Table. By candlelight. Canvas, 17^ inches by 16 inches. Sale. Arthur Kay, London, May ii, 1911, No. 223 (j : 17 : 6). 275^. Interior with Two Figures. By candlelight. u| inches by 8 inches. Sale. C. Light, London, June 14, 1911, No. 127. 276. THE BOY EATING PORRIDGE. Sm. 17 and 30. A boy, seen at half-length and almost in full face, behind a table. He holds