xix GODFRIED SCHALCKEN 349 138. Interior, with a Lady seated at a Window. Sm. 65. At the window hangs a curtain, through which the light falls on the lady's face. Described by Sm. from Descamps, La Vie des Peintres (1753-1763). 139. A BOY ANGLING. He sits to the right beside a willow. He is turned to the left ; he holds his rod in his left hand and leans his head on his right hand. In the water before him to the left are tall water-lilies, round which butterflies hover. In the left background is a clump of willows. To the right is a river with a sailing-boat. In the immediate foreground to the right a fish and a pot lie at the boy's feet. Signed in full on the right at foot ; panel, 12 inches by 10 inches. Sale. Joseph Sonsot, Brussels, July 20, 1739 (Hoet, i. 592), No. 48 (450 florins). In the Palace, Potsdam ; 1773 inventory, No. 74 No. 3 in Cabinet 6. In one of the Berlin Royal Palaces. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1911 catalogue, No. 837. 140. A BOY WITH AN OMELET. Sm. 18. He has made the omelet into a mask. He stands at the sill of an arched window, pointing out the mask, which he lifts with both hands from a pewter plate. Sm. thought that the subject was a girl. Signed in full on the right at top ; panel, 7^ inches by 6 inches. Engraved by C. Westermayr. Sales. Josua van Belle, Rotterdam, September 6, 1730 (Hoet, i. 358), No. 80 (155 florins). Baron Sch5nborn, Amsterdam, April 1 6, 1738 (Hoet, i. 510, and Terw. 20), No. 46 but No. 47 of the original catalogue (300 florins, Rutgers for Valerius de Reuver). In the collection of Valerius de Reuver ; in the inventory in the Amsterdam University library, No. 119. In the Palace, Kassel, 1783 inventory, No. 118. In the Louvre, to 1814. Sale. (Possibly) Bertrand, Paris, November 13, 1855, No. 157. In the Hudtwalcker-Wesselhoeft collection, Hamburg, 1889 catalogue, p. 49. In the Hamburg Kunsthalle, Wesselhoeft bequest ; 1907 catalogue, p. 34. 141. A BOY EATING AN EGG. Sm. 1 06. Half-length, life size ; in a three-quarter view. Panel, 17 inches by 14 inches. In the collection of H. Verschuuring, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 475). Sales. H. Verschuuring, The Hague, September 17, 1770, No. 167. C. H. van Heemskerck, widow of A. Westerhoff, The Hague, August 26, 1782, No. 28 (105 florins, probably bought in). C. van Heemskerck, The Hague, November 18, 1783, No. 7 (141 florins). (Probably) J. Bleuland, Utrecht, May 6, 1839, No. 298 (10 florins, Hopman) said to be on canvas. In the collection of Prince Lubomirsky, Cracow.
