"every One His Fancy", Godfried Schalcken, 1670 - 1675 — Godfried Schalcken

"Every one his fancy", Godfried Schalcken, 1670 - 1675


Godfried Schalcken (1643 - 1706)

Godfried Schalcken (1643-1706) was a Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for his intimate genre scenes, masterful candlelight effects & portraits. A key Leiden fijnschilder, known for detailed realism and atmospheric night paintings.

Show titled "Everything is meug." A boy eats an egg spilling and points to another boy who spoons dad. An old man with beard and glasses and a child watching. At the top right is a paper with the English spell "Every one his fancy." Pendant of SK-A-369.