Artist
Godfried Schalcken
Dutch, 1643–1706
Godfried Schalcken was a Dutch Dutch Golden Age painter. 60 works are cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum, most of them oil paintings. Godfried Schalcken was born in Dordrecht.
Godfried Schalcken (8 October 1643 – 16 November 1706) was a Dutch artist who specialized in genre paintings and portraits. Schalcken was noted for his night scenes and mastery in reproducing the effect of candlelight. He painted in the highly polished style of the Leiden fijnschilders.
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