File:Godfried Schalcken - A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand to Light a Candle.jpg

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Godfried Schalcken: A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand to Light a Candle  wikidata:Q27968224 reasonator:Q27968224
Artist
Godfried Schalcken  (1643–1706)  wikidata:Q874868
 
Godfried Schalcken
Alternative names
Godefridus Schalcke, Godfrid Schalckius, Godefridus Schalcken, Godefridus Schalken, Godfried Schalken
Description Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death 1643 Edit this at Wikidata 16 November 1706 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Made The Hague
Work location
Dordrecht (1656-1662), Leiden (1663-1664), Dordrecht (1675-1691), The Hague (1691-1706), London (1692-1697), Düsseldorf (1703)
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artist QS:P170,Q874868
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand to Light a Candle Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Len,"A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand to Light a Candle"
label QS:Lde,"Ein Junge bläst auf einen Feuerbrand, um eine Kerze anzuzünden"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Date between circa 1692 and circa 1698
date QS:P571,+1692-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1692-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1698-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 75 cm (29.5 in); width: 63.5 cm (25 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,75U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,63.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q942713
Accession number
NG 2495
Credit line purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund and the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1989
References National Gallery of Scotland
Source/Photographer Art UK

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