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 3 20 GODFRIED SCHALCKEN SECT. Panel, about i inches by 13 inches. In the collection of G. Winkler, Leipzig, 1768, No. 525. 30. THE PARABLE OF THE LOST PIECE OF SILVER. Four women and a boy. In the left background is the painter himself. [Possibly identical with 30*7.] In the collection of the Marquise d'Aoust, Paris. 30*. The Parable of the Lost Piece of Silver. The woman shows her friends the piece of silver which she has found. Candlelight. The figures, according to the inventory, are portraits of the painter and his family. [Possibly identical with 30.] Canvas, about 16 inches by 19^ inches. In the Schloss Altstadt, Kassel, 1783 inventory, No. 75 ; not now to be found in the Kassel Gallery. 31. THE WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS. Sm. 73. Under a tree to the left are grouped the five wise virgins ; they have cheerful faces and hold their lamps which burn brightly. The nearest has her back to the spectator. On the left are three of the foolish virgins ; two of them carry lamps which burn feebly. The nearest of them kneels and with the girl standing behind her begs the wise virgins for oil. In the background is architecture ; to the right is a moonlit landscape. Signed in full, and dated 1700 ; canvas, 37^ inches by 45! inches. A replica is in the Blois Museum, No. 198. Another replica was in the Sales. J. L. Strantwijk, Amsterdam, May 10, 1780, No. 232 (61 florins, Nijman). Maria Theresia Wittebol and De Labistraeten, Antwerp, June 19, 1804, No. 162 (135 florins). A copy of two female figures in the composition was in the sale : Professor W. A. Freund and others, Amsterdam, February 20, 1905, No. 214. Engraved by C. Hess and Delaunay. Engraved in mezzotint by A. Green and J. E. Haid. Lithographed by J. V. Mayr. In the collection of the Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm (who died 1716), Dtisseldorf see Van Gool, ii. 533. In the Dtisseldorf Gallery. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 431 ; in the store-room since 1910. 32. JUDAS RECEIVING THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER. Sm. 50. He stands at a table before an old man who gives him the purse. Another man stands near with his hand on Judas' shoulder. On the table is a lighted candle in a brass candlestick. There are five other figures, illumined by different lights. Panel, 19 inches by 1 6 inches. In the collection of the Due de Bouillon. Sale. Tronchin des Delices, Paris, March 22, 1801 (5000 francs, Benard) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 204. In the Tronchin collection, Bessinge, near Geneva.