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Godfried Schalcken

(1643-1706), Portrait painter

Sitter in 5 portraits
Artist associated with 11 portraits
The Dutch painter, Godfried Schalcken, specialised in distinctive nocturnal genre scenes and portraits in which the subject is illuminated by a single candle. He worked at the Court of William III and Queen Mary between 1692 and 1697. While in England, he enlarged the size of his paintings better to compete with his rival, Kneller.

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Godfried Schalcken, by and published by John Smith, after  Godfried Schalcken - NPG D40565

Godfried Schalcken

by and published by John Smith, after Godfried Schalcken
mezzotint, 1694 (1694)
NPG D40565

Godfried Schalcken, by and published by John Smith, after  Godfried Schalcken - NPG D8974

Godfried Schalcken

by and published by John Smith, after Godfried Schalcken
mezzotint, 1694 (1694)
NPG D8974

Godfried Schalcken, by Pieter Schenck, after  Godfried Schalcken - NPG D8975

Godfried Schalcken

by Pieter Schenck, after Godfried Schalcken
mezzotint, (1694)
NPG D8975

Godfried Schalcken, by and published by John Smith, after  Godfried Schalcken - NPG D11495

Godfried Schalcken

by and published by John Smith, after Godfried Schalcken
mezzotint, 1694 (1694)
NPG D11495

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Godfried Schalcken

by and published by John Smith, after Godfried Schalcken
mezzotint, 1694 (1694)
NPG D19876

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