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GODFRIED SCHALCKEN (MADE 1643-THE HAGUE 1706)
The Game of 'Lady, come into the Garden'
RCIN 405343
Schalcken’s biographer makes clear that this painting depicts a fashionable parlour game not a brothel scene. He tells us the name of the game but not the rules; presumably players shed items of clothing when they fail in some task or test. The painting of the different fabrics is masterful.
Acquired by George IV in 1803
Cat. 20
