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 xix GODFRIED SCHALCKEN 363 183. A Young Man lighting his Pipe at a Wax Taper. Sm. 39. The man sits at a table. Panel, 7^ inches by 6 inches. Sale. Destouches, Paris, March 24, 1794 (401 francs). 184. A Gentleman smoking. He sits at a table by candlelight, holding a charcoal pan. Unusually good and finely rendered. Panel, 15^ inches by 12 inches. Sale. ]. A. van Dam, Dordrecht, June I, 1829, No. 127 (400 florins, Oosterwijk). 184*. A Man seated, lighting his Pipe at a Candle. Acces- sories. An effective picture. Panel. Sales. J. Smies, J. H. Knoop, and others, Amsterdam, February 24, 1834, No. 117. Rotterdam, September 15, 1834, No. 20 (10 florins). Haarlem, July 20, 1835, No. 21. . A Young Man lighting his Pipe at a Candle. He sits at a table. Effective and finely rendered. Canvas, 13 inches by io inches. In the Van Delden collection. Sale. Amsterdam, April 27, 1840, No. 57 (22 florins, Van Way). 185. A Peasant lighting his Pipe at a Candle. Sm. 12. He sits at a table, holding the candle in his left hand. A very good picture. [Pendant to 59^.] Panel, n inches by 8J inches. Another example occurred in the sale : J. Kleinenbergh, Leyden, July 19, 1841, No. 196 (62 florins, Van Gaalen). Sale. Cornelis van Lill, Dordrecht, June 18, 1743 (Hoet, ii. 92), No. 13 (200 florins, W. Lormier). In the possession of W. Lormier, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 438) ; in his store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 250. Sales. W. Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (Terw. 329), No. 238 (154 florins). J. Caudri, Amsterdam, September 6, 1809, No. 65 (30 florins, Thomasse). J. A. van Dam, Dordrecht, June i, 1829, No. 125 (130 florins, the brothers Van der Muelen). P. J. and B. van der Muelen, Amsterdam, August 22, 1850, No. 59. 1 86. THE SMOKER. By candlelight. Panel, ii inches by 9 inches. Exhibited at the South Kensington Museum, London, 1891-1898 ; 1891 catalogue, No. 45. In the collection of Henry Thomas Hope, London, 1854 (Waagen, ii. 117). In the collection of Lord Francis Pelham Clinton Hope, Deepdene ; bought as a whole in 1898 by the London dealers P. and D. Colnaghi and A. Wertheimer.