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 xix GODFRIED SCHALCKEN 325 53^. The Penitent Magdalen. By lamplight. Sale. R. Sondag and others, Rotterdam, July 5, 1813, No. 143. 54. Mary Magdalen weeping in a Grotto. She leans her arms on a book lying before her. Beside her is a skull. A lighted lamp illumines the scene. Very expressive. [Possibly identical with 53.] Canvas, 17 inches by 13 inches. Sale. H. Stokvisch, C. Hennig, and others, Amsterdam, May 22, 1823, No. 117 (8 florins 5, Groebe). 54. The Penitent Magdalen. In a grotto by lamplight. With a book and a skull. Panel, 16^ inches by i inches. Sales. F. J. Mensart and others, Amsterdam, September 2, 1824, No. 155* (40 florins, Brondgeest). C. E. Vaillant and J. Sargenton, Amsterdam, April 19, 1830, No. 83 (24 florins, Hertz). 54/>. Mary Magdalen reading by Candlelight. Finely rendered. Canvas, 17^ inches by 14 inches. Sales. J. A. van Dam, Dordrecht, June i, 1829, No. 124 (100 florins, the brothers Van der Muelen). P. J. and B. van der Muelen of Koblenz, Amsterdam, August 22, 1850, No. 60. 55. The Penitent Magdalen. Sm. 44. In a grotto ; life size. She kneels, grasping a handkerchief in her folded hands, before an open book placed against a tree-trunk. From the tree hangs a lighted lamp. She wears a red gown, leaving her bosom exposed ; her hair is loose. Behind her, through the opening of the grotto, is seen the moon partly hidden by clouds. A masterpiece of the finest quality. Canvas, 54^ inches by 47 inches. Engraved in mezzotint by J. Smith. Sales. Count van Plettenberg, Amsterdam, April 2, 1738 (Hoet, i. 502), No. 100 (202 florins). A. Grill, Amsterdam, April 10, 1776, No. 16 (315 florins, Wubbels). C. A. de Calonne, London, March 23, 1795, No. 9 (^18 : i8s.) ; see Buchanan, i. 234. P. J. Hogguer, Amsterdam, August 18, 1817, No. 72 (435 florins, C. S. Roos). C. S. Roos, Amsterdam, August 28, 1820, No. 97 (555 florins, De Vries). Amsterdam, October 26, 1852, No. 112 (400 florins, Roos). 550. A Praying Magdalen. Sale. R. Pott and others, Rotterdam, October II, 1855, No. 271. 55^. The Penitent Magdalen. By lamplight. Very finely rendered. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, March 26, 1856, No. 336 (21 florins, Janssen).