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39 o GODFRIED SCHALCKEN SECT. in his right hand a lighted candle. With a wooden spoon in his left hand he takes porridge out of a brass pan in front of him. Behind him to the left stands a little girl, pointing with her right hand at the little greedy boy as if she would betray him. A much praised masterpiece of Schalcken. Described in the Schonborn catalogue, and under Sin. 17, as "Two Boys eating Hasty Pudding." The Brussels catalogue entitles it, " The Game of Melting Wax," and describes it thus : " Two children amuse themselves by melting a stick of white wax in the flame of a candle." Canvas, 29^ inches by 24! inches. 'Engraved by G. Schultze in the Le Brim Gallery. Sales. Baron Schonborn, Amsterdam, April 1 6, 1738 (Hoet, i. 509, and Terw. 20), No. 45 but No. 46 of the original catalogue (230 florins). Van der Land, Amsterdam, May 22, 1776, No. 81 (1400 florins, Fouquet). Servad, Amsterdam, June 25, 1778, No. 91 (900 florins, Fouquet). Comte de Vaudreuil, Paris, November 24, 1784, No. 74 (1360 francs, Le Brun). In the collection of M. Thys, from whom the Museum bought it in 1831. In the Brussels Museum, 1908 catalogue, No. 416. 277. A GIRL WITH A LIGHTED CANDLE AND A BOY. Half-length. The girl tries to shade the flame which the boy tries to blow out. Canvas, 18 inches by 14^ inches. In the collection of H. Jouffroy, who gave it to the Museum in 1836. In the Lille Museum, 1893 catalogue, No. 714. 278. Four Merry Children. A girl with a rommelpot sings. Beside her are three merry boys ; the nearest holds a candle which illumines the scene. Panel, 36^ inches by a8| inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July 19, 1826, No. 41 (96 florins, De Vries). 278*. Two Children by Candlelight. Panel, 6 inches by 4! inches. Sale. Amsterdam, February 12, 1850, No. 106. 278^. Children blowing Bubbles. By candlelight. Sale. Lord Northwick, Thirlestane House, Cheltenham, July 26, 1859, No - I723- 279. The Young Artists. In the strong light of an oil lamp standing in front of them, two boys sit at a table covered with casts. The elder boy, seated in front, turns his laughing face to the spectator, and points with his right hand to his clay model of childish figures which he has just finished and holds in his left hand. Panel, rounded at top but copper, according to the 1832 and 1836 sale-catalogues 1 1 inches by 8 inches. The picture is perhaps identical with a picture by Netscher (147).