A Boy blowing on an Ember
manner of Godfried Schalcken (Made, near Dordrecht, 1643 - The Hague 1706)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1899
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
425 x 315 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996477
Caption
Schalcken, who specialised in candlelit scenes of this type, possibly spent some time in England before 1692, when he painted portraits of William III. This is an amateur version, possibly English.
Summary
Oil painting on panel, A Boy blowing on an Ember, manner of Godfried Schalcken (Made, nr Dordrecht, 1643 - The Hague 1706), 18th to 19th century.
Provenance
bought by private treaty from Petronella Dittmer, Mrs. Burnett-Brown, 2009
Credit line
Lacock Abbey (National Trust)
Makers and roles
manner of Godfried Schalcken (Made, near Dordrecht, 1643 - The Hague 1706), artist after Godfried Schalcken (Made, near Dordrecht, 1643 - The Hague 1706), artist