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Description: | This small picture of a woman leaning out of a window holding an oil lamp imitates the well-known seventeenth-century candlelit scenes of Godfried Schalcken. The artist's influence endured long after his death, as evidenced by this painting which probably dates from the nineteenth century. The work was bequeathed to the museum by the twentieth-century writer Sylvia Townsend Warner. Although she recognised it was only a 'soi-disant Schalcken', her vivid writings reveal her fondness for the image and how the figure captured her imagination. Her letters discuss the 'candle-lit lady' as if she were a real person and companion. | Subjects: | figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Schalcken, Godfried (Dutch painter, 1643-1706) Æ Imitator of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8748... | Go to resource |
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