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 xix GODFRIED SCHALCKEN 385 In the collection of E. H. Lawrence, London, 1892. Sale. London, May 4, 1892 (j86 : 2s.). 259. Teasing. A young girl with a lighted candle in her right hand. A young man standing behind her tries to blow the candle out. An effective picture. Panel, 7 inches by 5^ inches. A copy after a picture by Schalcken, the description of which accords with the above, is iu the Amalienstift, Dessau, 1877 catalogue, No. 370. Sale. The widow Marie von Robert and others, Cologne, March 27, 1893, No. 269. 259^. A Woman holding and shading a Candle. A man tries to blow it out. In the collection of Count van Bylandt, London. Sale. London, spring of 1894. 260. Giving the Ring. Sm. 46. A young lady with her bosom bare, who is seen almost in full face, leans on a table with a cover, holding a cup in one hand. She stretches out a ringer of her other hand to receive a ring which a cavalier standing beside her is putting on it. On the table are a lighted candle and a dish of fruit. At the back is a bed. Panel, about 14 inches by 13 inches. Engraved by Viel in the Orleans Gallery. Imported into England, 1798. Sale. Cholmondeley, London, March 6, 1897, No. 53. 260^. Several Couples at a Table. They are lighted by candles. A page fills a drinking-cup. 20 inches by i6| inches. Sale. Wedewer of Wiesbaden, Cologne, May I, 1899, No. 420. 260^. A Young Couple. By candlelight. 1 6 inches by nj inches, or the reverse. Sale. Woronzow, Florence, April 23, 1900, No. 492. 2600. A Young Couple by Candlelight. Panel, 12 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Traiser and others, Frankfort-on-Main, May 26, 1902, No. 171. 261. LOVERS. They sit at a table, by candlelight. Near them is a bed. 10 inches by 9 inches. Sale. Brussels, January 21, 1903, No. 119. 262. A COMELY YOUNG WOMAN. She is suddenly sur- prised by a man wearing a cap. She pushes aside the curtains round her bed and tries to escape. The man lays his finger on his lips and urges her to be silent. The scene is illumined by the flickering light of a candle on a stand beside the bed. Canvas, 14 inches by 12 inches. VOL. v 2 c