Smith, John: A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters: in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures : a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference the the galleries and private collections in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools (Part 4) (London: Smith and Son, 1833)

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GODFREY SCHALCKEN.

Collection of M. Van Slingelandt, 1785. . 870y?o. 78/.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, 1816. . 5000fs. 2001.
Now in the Louvre.
92. The Holy Family. The composition exhibits the Virgin,
seated, with the infant Saviour in her lap, and St. Ann by her
side, who is in the act of raising a covering off the babe, in
order that an angel may see its countenance ; at the same time
St. Joseph is occupied blowing the embers under a pot.
2/L in. by 1 st. 7| in.—C.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, 1816. . SiOOsso. 1301.
Now in the Louvre.
The preceding is, perhaps, the picture which was sold in the
collection of M. Van Susteren, . . 1764. . 800flo. 721.
93. Ceres, bearing a blazing torch in her hand, seeking for
her daughter Proserpine.
1 ft. 1| in. by 10| in.—P.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, 1816. . 1000/i. 40/.
94. An old Man, writing an answer to a letter, which he
holds in his hand.
4s in. by 3j in.—Cop.
Sold in the collection of the Count de Vaudreuil, 1784, with a
picture by Gerard Dow, of the same size.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, 1816. . 1200yi'. 48Z.
Now in the Louvre.
95. A picture, known under the title of La Reconnaissance
de la Bohemienne.
In a sale at Mr. Christie’s, . . . 1818. . . . 160 gs.
96. A Pietd. The Virgin, attended by an angel, bearing a
lighted torch, bewailing over the dead body of the Saviour.
Now in the Florence Gallery.
97. A Sculptor, with a candle in his hand, examining
attentively a marble bust of a woman.
Now in the Florence Gallery.