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 3 i8 GODFRIED SCHALCKEN SECT. with her left hand the cloth in which the Child is wrapped. On the left Joseph, turned three-quarters right, blows up the embers in a charcoal pan. Between him and the Virgin, but farther back, is an angel, turned slightly left with his arms on his breast and his eyes directed to heaven. Signed in full j canvas, with rounded top, 26^ inches by 19 inches. In the collection of Louis XVI., King of France. In the Louvre, Paris, 1903 catalogue, No. 2565 ; valued by the experts in 1816 (at 3400 francs). 21. THE HOLY FAMILY. Daylight. A small picture. In the collection of the Marquise d'Aoust, Paris. 22. The Holy Family. Sm. 37 and 69. The Virgin sits holding the Child on her lap. Beside her is Joseph. Canvas, 25! inches by 20 inches. Sales. P. van der Lip, Amsterdam, June 14, 1712 (Hoet, i. 147), No. 21 (96 florins). J. van Schuylenburg, The Hague, September 20, 1735 (Hoet, i. 45 i), No. 58 (355 florins). Bicker van Zwieten, The Hague, April 12, 1741 (Hoet, ii. 22), No. 147 (435 florins, W. Lormier) according to W. Lormier's store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 245. In the possession of Willem Lormier, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 438). Sale. W. Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (Terw. 329), No. 233 (600 florins). 23. The Holy Family. The Child lies on the Virgin's lap, grasp- ing with the right hand at the Virgin's kerchief and with the left hand at two cherries which Joseph holds out. The Virgin wears an antique striped hat. Very finely painted. Canvas, 25^ inches by 19! inches. Sales. Amsterdam, April 17, 1783, No. 201 (56 florins, Grafenriet). J. Bergeon, The Hague, November 4, 1789, No. 20 (57 florins 10, Morel). 23^. The Virgin at Prayer, by Candlelight. Very cleverly painted. Canvas, i6| inches by 5 inches (?). Sale. Rotterdam, August 10, 1810, No. 6 (6 florins). 24. The Holy Family. The Virgin sits at a table, reading. St. Anne holds a lighted candle. The youthful St. John, with his hands crossed, looks on attentively. The Child stands leaning on His Mother's lap ; she holds Him with one hand. Beside the Child is Joseph. In the background is an indistinct figure. A masterpiece of the painter's. Canvas, 35^ inches by 26^ inches. Sales. J. A. van Susteren, Antwerp, June 26, 1764 (Terw. 370), No. i (800 florins, De Man). Charles de Man, Antwerp, September 9, 1816, No. 44 (900 florins).