Date:1695
Description:
Godfried Schalcken (1643 - 13th November 1706)
Self Portrait by Candlelight, 1695
Oil on canvas
1095mm x 885mm
Schalcken, a portrait painter, specialised in painting scenes lit by candlelight. He was apprenticed first to the painter Samuel van Hoogstratem (1627-78) and then to Gerrit Dou (1613-75) in Leiden. He lived mainly in Dordrecht in the Netherlands, but from 1692-97, when this self-portrait was painted, he was based in England. Here he depicts himself in a fashionable state of undress and probably wearing a wig. Despite being 52 years old when he painted this he appears as a much younger man.
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Donor ref: LEAMG : A452.1953 (64/24023)
Source: Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum
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