Godfried Schalcken
(1643–1706) ar en holländsk genre- och porträttmålare
Godfried Schalcken (1643–1706) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Godfried Schalcken belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Godfried Schalcken was born in Dordrecht and died in The Hague. The teachers included Gerrit Dou and Samuel van Hoogstraten. Godfried Schalcken worked in Dordrecht, Leiden, Dordrecht, and The Hague. The students included Justus van Bentum.
The best-known works include ‘Portrait of Stadholder-King William III (1650- 1702)’, ‘Lady at a Mirror by Candlelight’, and ‘The Chastity Lesson’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 178 works by Godfried Schalcken with free images. The dated works span the years 1500–1832. Works by Godfried Schalcken are held by several collections, among them Leiden Collection, Statens Museum for Kunst, Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz collection, and Royal Collection.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Claudio Coello, Edwaert Collier, Andrea Pozzo, Michelangelo Palloni, and Wang Yuanqi.