Godfried Schalcken (1643-1706)

The Goddess Diana out hunting in a Wood

Details

Godfried Schalcken (1643-1706)
The Goddess Diana out hunting in a Wood
signed 'G SCHALCKEN' (on the bow)
oil on panel, painted arched top
10 3/8 x 8 1/8in. (26.5 x 20.7cm.)

Provenance

Johan van der Linden van Slingelandt, Dordrecht (according to Descamps, loc. cit.).
Monsieur Destouches; sale, Paris, 21 March 1794 (240 francs).
Marius Paulme; sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 22 Nov. 1923, lot 89, illustrated.

Literature

J.B. Descamps, La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandais, III, Paris, 1760, p. 144.
J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., IV, London, 1833, pp. 277-8, no. 42.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., V, London, 1913, p. 330, no. 71.
E. Trautscholdt, Godfried Schalcken in U. Thieme and F. Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler, XXIX, Leipzig, 1935, p. 570.
T. Beherman, Godfried Schalcken, Paris, 1988, p. 118, no. 31, illustrated.

Lot Essay

Marius Paulme was a notable collector; his sale in Paris on 22 November 1923 included one hundred paintings, and his exceptional collection of drawings, gouaches, pastels and sculpture sold in Paris on 13-15 May 1929 ran to 346 lots.

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