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Artist | Godefridus Schalcken (1643 – 1706) |
Client | marsil - hotel&bar |
Location | Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Köln |
Open until | 24 January 2016 |
Copyright | The consultation, no date, oil on oak, Mauritshuis, Den Haag |
A star of the European painting scene in his own time: Godefridus Schalcken (1643 – 1706). Few artists have matched his ability to capture such magical moments in candle- or daylight on canvas so powerfully that they still compel attention three centuries later. Through 24 January, 2016, Wallraf Richartz Museum presents its large special exhibition 'Schalcken – Painted Seduction' inviting to a reassessment of this Baroque painter.
For the...