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A Girl with a Burning Candle

painting by Godfried Schalcken
VisualArtwork painting Q50325921
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Summary

A Girl with a Burning Candle is a painting[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Godfried Schalcken[3]
  • Genre: genre art[4]
  • Depicts: woman[5], candle[6]
  • Made from material: oil paint[7], panel[8]
  • Collection: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden[9]
  • Inventory number: Gal.-Nr. 1787[10]
  • Location: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister[11]
  • Catalog code: 219[12], 65[13], 81[14]
  • Inception: 1687[15]
  • Depicts Iconclass notation: 31D11222[16], 41D26611[17], 31A235[18], 48C5142[19], 41A421[20]
  • Title: Ein Mädchen mit brennender Kerze[21]
  • Pendant of: A Girl Reading a Letter[22]
  • Height: 26 cm[23]
  • Width: 20.5 cm[24]
  • Copyright status: public domain[25]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . rkd.nl. Retrieved . rkd.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . rkd.nl. Retrieved . rkd.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . rkd.nl. Retrieved . rkd.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . rkd.nl. Retrieved . rkd.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Retrieved . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Retrieved . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Retrieved . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Retrieved . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Retrieved . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . rkd.nl. Retrieved . rkd.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Retrieved . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Retrieved . skd-online-collection.skd.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Jane023 · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Godfried Schalcken, Mädchen mit brennender
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Godfried Schalcken, Mädchen mit brennender Kerze.jpg"
  2. 17w ago · Jane023 · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → oil paint, panel
    Inventory number → Gal.-Nr. 1787
    Pendant of → A Girl Reading a Letter
    Imported from → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Catalog code: 1787, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782120764259"
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