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 GODFRIED SCHALCKEN SECT. 203*. A Woman seated before an Open Book. She is lost in thought. Near her is a lighted lamp. An effective picture. Canvas. Sale. Amsterdam, November 2, 1829, No. 106 (17 florins, Campen). 204. A Young Lady holding a Book. She reads at her toilet- table by lamplight. Canvas, i6| inches by 13 inches. Sales. Dr. Luchtmans, Rotterdam, April 20, 1816, No. 132 (50 florins). H. Croese, Amsterdam, May 27, 1818, No. 48 (140 florins, Roos). H. Reydon and others, Amsterdam, April 5, 1827, No. 139 (100 florins, Robiano). Comte F. de Robiano, Brussels, May i, 1837, No. 589 (400 francs, Tence). 205. An Old Woman reading. By the light of a candle fixed on the wall. Panel, 14 inches by n inches. Sale. Thyssen, Paris, December 20, 1856, No. 36 (305 francs). 205*7. A Lady sealing a Letter. By artificial light. Canvas, 2i inches by 18 inches. In the Palace, Hanover, 1864 (Parthey, ii. 503). Possibly the picture by Arnold Boonen in the Hanover Provincial Museum, 1891 catalogue, No. 47. 205**. An Old Woman reading by Candlelight. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1866, No. 49. Then in the collection of Lord Crewe. 205^. An Old Woman reading a Letter. By candlelight. Canvas, 13 inches by 10 inches. Sale. P. C. Nahuys born F. M. Hodgson, C. F. Royer born Kerst, and others, Amsterdam, November 14, 1883, No. 143. 205*:. An Old Woman reading by Candlelight. Panel, 9 inches by y| inches. Sale. A. von Keller and others, Frankfort-on-Main, May 17, 1904, No. 76. 205^'. A Young Girl reading a Letter. By candlelight. Panel, 26 inches by 21 inches. Sale. Brussels, June I, 1911, No. 115. 206. A LADY BLOWING THE TRUMPET. By torch- light. Signed in full ; canvas, 27 inches by 23^ inches. In the Uffizi, Florence, 1910 catalogue, No. 873. 207. Interior with a Lady playing the Lute. Half-length. She sits at a table with a music-book open before her. On the floor at her side is a lighted lamp projecting from a stand. Finely rendered ; good colour.