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.

104. A Man lighting his Pipe. In the back of the room are
seen a man and a woman.
Collection of M. Van Heteren.

105. A young Lady preparing for an Evening Party. She
is represented at a toilet, which is illumined by a candle, and
near her are two attendants.
Collection of the Spanish Ambassador, 1726. . 265sso, 261.
- M. D’Acosta.
The preceding is, perhaps, the picture which is now in the Musee
at Amsterdam.

106. A Youth eating an Egg.
Collection of M. Verschuring.

107. An Allegorical Subject, alluding to the vanity and
uncertainty of life, represented by a child blowing bubbles,
a skull, an expiring torch, &c. &c.
2 st. in. by 2 ft. 7| in.—C.
Collection of the Spanish Ambassador, 1726. . 80so. 71.
- M. Vanden Linden Van Slingelandt.