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Schalcken, Godfried, 1643-1706

LC control no.nr 89015504
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingSchalcken, Godfried, 1643-1706
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Variant(s)Schalken, Gottfried, 1643-1706
Associated countryNetherlands
Associated placeDordrecht (Netherlands)
Birth date1643
Death date1706
Place of birthNorth Brabant (Netherlands)
Field of activityPainting, Dutch--17th century
Profession or occupationArtists Genre painters Portrait painters
Found inBeherman, T. Godfried Schalcken, c1988: t.p. p. 23 (painter; b. 1643 in Made, near Dordrecht) p. 27 (d. 11-13-1706)
Grote Winkler prins, 1973 (Schalcken, Godfried)
Godefridus Schalcken, 2018, ©2018: title page (Godefridus Schalcken; a Dutch painter in late 17th century) page 15 and after (raised in Dordrecht and received his initial training (1658/60-1662) with Samuel van Hoogstraten--a formal pupil of Rembrandt's, he moved to Leiden in 1662, where he entered the studio of the preeminent genre painter in the Dutch Republic, Gerrit Dou (1613-1675), upon his return to Dordrecht, he emerged as an specialist in genre painting and portraitist as well, active as a portrait painters and still-life painting during his time in London ca.1692-1696)
Wikipedia WWW site, Aug. 21, 2018: (Godfried Schalcken or Gottfried Schalken, b. in Made, North Brabant in 1643, died in 16 November 1706, was a Dutch genre and portrait painter, noted for his mastery in reproducing the effect of candlelight, and painted in the exquisite and highly polished manner of the Leiden fijnschilders)
Associated languageeng