Discover print artist, painter, draftsperson Godefridus Schalcken

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: Schalcke, Godefridus
Schalckius, Godfrid
Schalken, Godefridus
Schalken, Godfried
Schalcken, Godfried
His name was spelled Godefridus (not Godfried) in documents (Veth 1892). Godefridus was named after his father's sister Godefrida Samuelsdr. Schalcken (Jansen 2015, p. 31, note 6).

Monogram: GS

G.S.

Qualifications: print artist, painter, draftsperson, decorative painter (of interiors), court painter
in the service of elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz in Düsseldorf. Painted a portrait of Christian V of Denmark in 1699, which did not survive (Jansen 2015, p. 27). Probably never stayed in Copenhagen, since there is no mention of salary payment in the Danish archives. Already during the artist's lifetime works were purchased for the royal collections at Rosenborg and the Kunstkammer in Copenhagen (Weilbach 1994-2000).

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish (school)

Born: Made (Noord-Brabant) 1643

Deceased: The Hague (city) 1706-11-16

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Cornelis Schalcken/Schalckius (1610-1674) and Aletta Lijdens/Lydius (1612 1678); married to Francoisa van Diemen (1661-1744 in Dordrecht on 31 October 1679; father of Francoisia Schalcken (1692-1757), who married the architect Pieter Jacobsz. Roman in 1713; uncle and teacher of Jacob Schalcken

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

Rachel Ruysch painted a flower wreath on a portrait painted by Schalcken; A. de Waardt painted the staffage for a 'Susanna' by Schalcken (Thieme/Becker 1935).

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325 hits in RKDimages as artist
9 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
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Dordrecht (stad) 1654 - 1662
pupil of Samuel van Hoogstraten; between 1658 and 1660 pupil of Samuel van Hoogstraten
Leiden (stad) 1662 - 1664
pupil of Gerard Dou
Dordrecht (stad) 1665 - 1691
mentioned in Dordrecht in 1665 (Saur 2018), living 'op de Boom' until 1682 or later and in 1686 in the Wijnstraat (Thieme/Becker 1935)
Den Haag (stad) 1691 - 1692
paid the guild in The Hague in 1691 (Thieme/Becker, vol. 29, p. 569); lived and worked in The Hague; for important portrait commissions he temporarily went to London and Düsseldorf.
Londen (Engeland) 1692 - 1696
On Schalcken's English period: Frantis 2016
Den Haag (stad) 1696
3 Februari 1697 a son, Godefridus Schalcken, was born in The Hague and buried 25 July of the same year (Jansen 2015, p. 27)
Düsseldorf 1703
in the service of elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz. Schalcken possibly took advantage of his stay in Düsseldorf by going to the court of the Danish king (Beherman 1988, p. 27). According to Gerson the artist sent several of his paintings to Düsseldorf without working there (Gerson 1942/1983).

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Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Dou, Gerard
Hoogstraten, Samuel van
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Bentum, Justus van
Boonen, Arnold
Callenfels, Godefridus
Germyn, Simon
Gramagli
Moor, Carel de (II)
Morris, Richard
Pijl, Arent
Schalcken, Jacob
Schalcken, Maria
Vreem, Anthony
Follower of: Calraet, Abraham van

A still life with fruit by Schalcken resembles the work of Abraham van Calraet. What the occasion for this experiment was stays unclear due to the lack of connections with Schalcken's oeuvre (Van der Willingen/Meijer 2003, p. 178)
Followed by This field mentions the artist’s emulators. Although students can naturally also be followers, they are not mentioned again here. What is meant by followers are those who continue to work in the spirit of a predecessor. Sometimes this may happen a century later; there is no time limit. What is at issue, however, is that someone’s oeuvre must substantially follow in the manner of the artist emulated.: Palthe, Gerhard Jan
Radt, C. van der
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Bunck, James H.
Carstens, Asmus Jacob
Ghislandi, Vittore
Raoux, Jean
Tournières, Robert
Wonder, Pieter Christoffel
Lauréus, Alexander

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: genre, history (genre), Christian religious scene, mythology, portrait, princely portrait, flower piece, vanitas (still life), fruit piece

Medium/technique: oil paint

Art movement Here we mention the art movement to which an artist belonged. Many art movements have not yet been entered, because the content of this field is still under development.: fine art painting

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 9 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 1 (1718), p. 270, vol. 3 (1721), p. 175-179, 343, 354, 384 (Godfrid or Godefridus Schalken)
Weyerman 1729-1769 , vol. 3, p. 11-17
Walpole et al. 1762/1876 (ed. Wornum) , vol. 2, p. 231-232
Obreen 1877-1890 , Obreen vol. 5 (1882-1883, p. 170-171; Obreen vol. 6 (1884-1887), p. 1-2 (vol. 5: A.J. Enschedé, 'Portretten geschilderd door Godfried Schalcken'; vol. 6: C.H. Veth, 'Godfried Schalcken')
Von Wurzbach 1906-1911 , vol. 2 (1910), p. 567-569 (as: Godfried Schalcken)
Hofstede de Groot 1907-1928 (German edition) , vol. 5 (1912), p. 323-440
Hofstede de Groot 1907-1927 (English edition) , vol. 5 (1913), p. 309-419
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 29 (1935), p. 569-571 (as: Schalcken (Schalken), Godfried (Godefridus))
Waller 1938/1974 , p. 285
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 4, 23, 67, 249, 250, 255, 268, 385, 412, 444, 505
Hollstein Dutch & Flemish 1949-2010 , vol. 24 (1980), p. 151-156
Sutton 1984 , p. 75
Beherman 1988 , passim
Waterhouse 1988 , p. 239 (as: Schalcken, Godfried)
Hecht 1989 , p. 181-216
Marijnissen et al. 1992
Weilbach 1994-2000
Witt Checklist 1995 , p. 451 (as: Schalcken, Godfried)
Buijsen/Dumas et al. 1998 , p. 344
Kollmann 2000 , p. 261
Neumeister 2003 , p. 339-368 (M. Neumeister, 'Das Nachtstück mit Kunstlicht als künstlerisches Markenzeichen. Zum Oeuvre von Godfried Schalcken (1643-1706)')
Van der Willigen/Meijer 2003 , p. 178 (as: Godfried Schalcken)
Aono 2011 , passim
Dumas 2013 , p. 211-216 (G.M.C. Jansen, ''Frogs must have their storks'. A River landscape with a stork by Godefridus Schalcken')
Aono 2015 , passim
Sevcík et al. 2015 , p. 37-49 (W. Franits, '"A very Famous Dutch Painter". Schalcken in England, 1692-1696')
Sevcík et al. 2015 , p. 14-35 (G. Jansen, 'Ein Künstlerleben und seine Zeit')
Saur 1992- , vol. 101 (2018), p. 363 (text: Anja Sevcik)
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

G.H. Veth, 'Aanteekeningen omtrent eenige Dordrechts schilders. XXXII. Godefridus Schalcken', Oud-Holland 10 (1892), p. 1-11
S.A.C. Dudok van Heel, 'Honderdvijftig advertenties van kunstverkopingen uit veertig jaargangen van de Amsterdamsche Courant 1672-1711', Jaarboek Amstelodamum 67 (1975), p. 149-173; p. 167, no. 100
P. Hecht, 'Candlelight and dirty fingers, or royal virtue in disguise: some thoughts on Weyerman and Godfried Schacken', Simiolus 11 (1980), p. 23-38
H.T. van Veen, 'A Schalcken for Prince Ferdinando de' Medici', Mercury (1987), no. 5, p. 49-52
E. Epe, 'A Clio by Godfried Schalcken for Ferdinando de' Medici, Prince of Tuscany', Mercury (1989), no. 8, p. 27-33
P. Hecht, 'Dutch seventeenth-century genre painting: a reassessment of some current hypotheses', Simiolus 21 (1992), p. 85-95
G. Jansen, 'Additions to Godfried Schalcken's Oeuvre as a Draftsman', Mercury (1992), no. 13-14, p. 74-80
P. Hecht, 'Art beats nature, and painting does so best of all: the paragone competition in Duquesnoy, Dou and Schalcken', Simiolus 29 (2002), p. 184-201
S. Schnackenburg, '›Studium‹ und ›Inspiratio‹ – Godfried Schalckens Gemälde ›Kunstbetrachtung bei Lampenlicht‹ (um 1680/85) im Spannungsfeld ikonographischer Tradition und zeitgenössischer Kunsttheorie', Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst 54 (2003), p. 183-217
S. Karst, 'Off to a new Cockaigne: Dutch migrant artists in London, 1660-1715', Simiolus 37 (2013-2014), p. 25-60
W. Franits, 'Schalcken in London: Self-Portraiture as Self Promotion', Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch 77 (2016), p. 19-42
G. Seelig, ‘Because the Night. Paintings by Schalcken for Schwerin’, Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch 77 (2017), p. 187–204

Amsterdamsche Courant / Leidsche Courant, February 1707: annoucement auction in Amsterdam (Jan Pietersz. Zomer): 'party Printen en Tekeningen van Italiaanse, Fransse, Hoog- en Nederduytse Meesters, veele in de zwarte konst, van Bekker, Smit, Williams en andere, bruyn van Druk; verscheyde schoone Verve en Modelle; veele Tekeningen en Schildereyen van G. Schalken, en nagelaten by wylen Godefridus Schalken, KonstrykSchilder'

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Archive location: archief Le Roy
Project: Gerson Digital : Denmark
Gerson Digital : Germany
Gerson Digital : United Kingdom

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