Self-portrait

Maria Schalcken (1645–1699), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. She was a sister and pupil of Godfried Schalcken.

Biography

She was born in Dordrecht, the daughter of the rector of the school there.[1] She was the younger sister of the painter Godfried Schalcken, who first learned to paint from Samuel van Hoogstraten and later from Gerard Dou.[1] She is thought to have begun her studies around 1665, but gave up the practice in 1682 upon marriage to the merchant Severijn van Bracht.[2]

According to the Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis (RKD) she is known for genre works.[3] Her self-portrait was attributed to her brother until it was cleaned in the 20th century and her full signature appeared.[4] There is one other known work by her hand entitled Boy Offering Grapes to a Woman which resides in the Leiden Collection, but historians suspect that other works currently attributed to her brother may have been executed by her.[2] She died in Dordrecht around 1700.

References

  1. 1 2 (in Dutch) Godfried Schalcken Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. 1 2 Libby, Alexandra (2017). "The Leiden Collection Catalogue, 3rd ed". The Leiden Collection. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Maria Schalcken in the RKD
  4. ↑ Maria Schalcken on historici.nl


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