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 380 GODFRIED SCHALCKEN SECT. 236. AN OLD WOMAN FEEDING TWO CHILDREN. Sm. Suppl. 4. An old woman sits with a copper pot on her lap. She holds a lighted candle in her left hand and has in her right a spoon, with which she is feeding two children. In front are various copper utensils, seen in the bright light of the candle. Panel, 16 inches by 14 inches. Sale. L. de Moni, Leyden, April 13, 1772, No. 101 (216 florins, De Rooij). Exhibited for private sale in the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, London, 1834 (priced at .250). Sales. Duchesse de Berry, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 93 (4000 francs, Demidoff). London, 1846 (^250) according to a MS. note by Sm. in his own copy of his catalogue. Frederic Kalkbrenner, Paris, January 14, 1850. In the Simonet collection, Brussels, 1873. Sale. C. R. Ruhl, Cologne, May 15, 1876, No. 97. In the Rutten collection, Liege. 237. LIGHT AND FIRE. Sm. 84. A girl puts a lighted candle into a lantern. Reside her stands a boy, who blows the embers in a charcoal pan. [Pendant to 243.] Canvas, 18 inches by 15 inches. In the collection of A. L. Heteren, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 460) ; bought in 1809 for the Rijksmuseum. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1911 catalogue, No. 2143. 2370. A Lady working by Candlelight. At the back is a maid- servant by the fireside. Canvas, 15 inches by 12 inches. Sale. A. van Twist and others, Amsterdam, September n, 1822, No. 89. 237^. A Boy lighting a Candle. He lights it at a lighted candle held by an old woman, behind whom he stands. Effective and well painted. Canvas, 37 inches by 29 inches. Sale. M. G. Baronesse van Brakell, Amsterdam, December 14, 1829, No. 48 (40 florins, Engelberts). 238. A Comely Young Woman at an Arched Window. Sm. 89. She puts a candle in a lantern. Half-length. At the back are card- players. Panel, g| inches by 7! inches. In the Belvedere Gallery, Vienna, 1864 catalogue, p. 81, No. 1 1 ; it was there in 1833 (Sm.). It is not now in the Imperial Gallery. 238*. A Woman with a Lighted Candle and a Boy. Half- length. The boy tries to light a candle at the woman's candle. She protects her light with her hand. Canvas, 22 inches by 18 inches. Sale. Stiels and others, Cologne, May 24, 1897, No. 214.