Old Master & 19th Century Paintings
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings
Jacob Schalcken
A young boy holding a candle
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September 20, 12:02 PM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Jacob Schalcken
active in The Hague between 1683 and 1686–1733
A young boy holding a candle
signed lower left: J. Schalcken
oil on oak panel
unframed: 21.1 x 18.5 cm.; 8⅜ x 7¼ in.
framed: 40.7 x 37.6 cm.; 16 x 14¾ in.
This work is based on a painting in a Dutch private collection dated between 1695 and 1700 by the artist's uncle, the better-known Godfried Schalcken (1643–1706), with whom Jacob trained.1
We are grateful to both Anja Sevcik and Guido M.C. Jansen for independently endorsing the attribution to Jacob Schalcken on the basis of digital images. Sevcik has also kindly pointed out the existence of a similar signed work by the artist in a private collection, also inspired by one of his uncle's compositions.
1 A.K. Sevcik (ed.), Schalcken Gemalte Verführung, exh. cat., Cologne and Dordrecht 2016, pp. 274–76, no. 72, reproduced in colour.