Een meisje plaatst een kaars in een lantaarn en een jongen verzorgt een vuurtest voor een stoof

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Fire and Light (A Girl Places a Candle in a Lantern and a Boy Blows on the Coals in a Chafing-Dish)

Godfried Schalcken

1690 - 1706

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

h 46cm × w 38cm × d 5.2cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

canvas; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

candle; lantern; foot-stove

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1809

Notes

oil on canvas

Collection Type

paintings

About Godfried Schalcken

1643–1706 • Dutch Republic

Studied with Samuel van Hoogstraten in Dordrecht in 1656 and Gerrit Dou in Leiden. He returned to Dordrecht in 1665, where he was a standard-bearer with the arquebusiers. In 1679 he married Françoise van Dimen, of Breda, with whom he had seven children, six of whom died young. He was a guild member in The Hague in 1691, before leaving to spend several years in London, attracted by the success of his fellow-countryman Kneller. Comment on works: Genre; Portraits