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(Clock chiming)

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(Clock chiming)

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(Schalcken) Turn from the light.

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Your breast bare.

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Look into the dark.

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(Narrator) To my mind,

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there are some paintings that
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that they represent not merely
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conceived in the mind of the artist,

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but scenes or faces or situations
that have actually existed.

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There is in one strange picture
that intangible something

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which stamps it as just such
a representation of reality.

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It's a remarkable work
by the Dutch painter Schalcken.

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He was a pupil of Gerrit Dou,

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who had been in his tum a student
under Rembrandt van Rijn.

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Schalcken worked in the city
of Leiden in the 1670s,

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and this example of his work

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is in a remarkably
good state of preservation.

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You see a chamber in what might be
some antique religious building.

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The foreground occupied by
a female figure in a white robe.

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In her hand, a candle, by which
alone her figure and face are illuminated,

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and her features wear
such an arch smile

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as well becomes a pretty woman

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when she's engaged in some
charming trickery of he! own device.

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In the background,
the figure of a man

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dressed in the old Flemish fashion,

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in an attitude of alarm,

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his hand placed
on the hilt of his sword

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which he seems to be
in the act of drawing.

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The rest, total shadow,

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except that the dim [fight
seems to define in the darkness

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some form.

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My great-grandfather
knew the painter well,

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and from Schalcken himself

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he learned the terrible story
behind the picture.

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You will observe from the first the
distinction between this painting,

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typical of the later work of Schalcken,

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and the cool, measured and exactly
balanced style of Flemish art,

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for which he must have been prepared
as a student under Gerrit Dou.

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And it is in his studio in Leiden
in the year 1665 that our story begins.

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(Sighs and grunts)

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(Narrator) Gerrit Dou's

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exquisitely detailed
and minutely executed paintings

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had justly earned him
his great reputation.

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They had also
all but destroyed his sight.

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From the age of 30, we know
that he had gone progressively blind.

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Perhaps the mantle of romance

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does hang a little ungracefully
an the farm of Godfried Schalcken.

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History records him,
in his later years,

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as a boorish man of great ambition,
foul temper and few manners.

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Eventually, he was to fade
into obscurity,

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under the shadow
of his more famous master.

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His education under Dou was
traditionally formal and academic.

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But his later work, which I promise
you will see and remember,

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seems to have its roots
in some private world of dreams,

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perhaps never otherwise expressed.

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 (♪ Virginal plays)

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(♪ Virginal plays)

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(Narrator) The niece and ward
of the wealthy Master Dou

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was not yet betrothed.

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Although if tradition speaks truth,

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she had all the charm of the fair
light-skinned Flemish maidens.

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This was Rose Velderkaust.

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Miss Velderkaust, I...

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(♪ Virginal plays)

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(♪ Music plays)

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Er...still-life drawing.

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One hour. Begin.

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(Narrator) Of course, at this time,
Godfried Schalcken was a poor student,

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with no advantage of position or birth.

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Nothing, in short,

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that could possibly induce
Gerrit Dou to look favourably

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on any love match with his niece.

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(Low voices)

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The temptation of St Anthony.

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St Anthony. Temptation.

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Devils. You will imagine the devils.

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Begin.

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(Drawing starts)

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Mm.

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Stop -

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Tomorrow morning.

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Miss Velderkaust, I have no money

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but I can work to a competence
and a reputation.

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(Clears throat)

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Miss Velderkaust,

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I have to tell you that I have
thought of little else but you...

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Forgive me, but I must know if...

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if you could...

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if you could come to...

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If you also might...

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(Narrator) In short,
Godfried Schalcken was in love.

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As much as a Dutchman can be.

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Schalcken, you may stay this evening.

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We dine at seven.

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(Grunting)

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Mm.

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(Dou grunting)

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(Dou grunting)

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(Dou slurps and grunts)

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I believe I know your intentions,
Schalcken,

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and I pride myself
I can well understand them.

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Next week you shall
begin to paint in oils.

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Your drawing is quite adequate.

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Thank you, Master Dou.

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Good night to you, Schalcken.

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(♪ Music plays)

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(Schalcken sighs)

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(Traffic outside)

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(I Music stops)

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(Chiming)

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(Stadhouse clock chimes)

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God damn it.

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Damn the picture,
damn the devils, damn the saints.

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Damn the lot of them to hell.

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Mm.

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(Creaking)

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Tell Gerrit Dou

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that Minjheer Vanderhausen
of Rotterdam

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desires to speak with him
tomorrow evening at this same hour,

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and, if it pleases him,
here in this house.

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May I say what...

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A matter of some weight! That is all.

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(Clock ticking)

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Vanderhausen.

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Vanderhausen.

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Of where?

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Rotterdam.

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Vanderhausen of Rotterdam.
Never heard of him.

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(Clock ticking)

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Did he say a portrait?

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He said only a matter of some weight.

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Mm. A portrait. Or one of those
poor relations to be apprenticed.

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Well, there's no one in Rotterdam
to leave me a legacy.

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Mm.

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(Clock chiming)

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- He said at seven?
- By the clock of the Stadhouse.

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It had just struck seven
when I saw him.

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Vandergeldt...

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Vanderhausen.

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(Dou) Well, there's
no one in Rotterdam...

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- (Clock chiming)
- ...to leave me any money.

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Ah. We'll have His Worship presently,
if he means to keep his hour.

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(Clock chiming)

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(Clock ticking)

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Ah. I have the honour to address
Minjheer Vanderhausen of Rotterdam?

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- The same.
- Mm.

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I await the command of Your Lordship.
Bid Your Lordship welcome.

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- Is this a man of trust?
- Hm?

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Oh, most certainly.
My pupil Godfried Schalcken.

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Then let him take this box

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and ask a goldsmith
to value its contents.

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Mm.

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(Vanderhausen) You visited the town
of Rotterdam four months ago.

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In the church of St Laurence
I saw your niece Rose Velderkaust.

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I desire to marry her,

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when you are satisfied that I am
wealthier than any husband

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you could imagine for her,

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you will close this proposal
here and now.

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I wait for no calculation or delay.

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Sir, I...

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I...I do not doubt your position.

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However you must be aware
that the girl has a mind of her own.

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I mean, she may not agree
to what we design for her,

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even something so much
to her advantage.

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(Vanderhausen) Do not seek
to deceive me, painter.

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She is your property.

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She will become mine
if you like to make her so.

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She has no choice.

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(Dou) Well, you are
a testy old gentleman to be sure,

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but you may be as rich as you say.

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I'll not pledge myself unnecessarily,
however.

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You will not pledge yourself
unnecessarily, Gerrit Dou,

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but you will do so
when you find it is necessary.

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When you are satisfied
as to the value of my gold,

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you will here and now sign
your name to this engagement.

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(Narrator) The heavy box
was filled to the brim

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with gold coin of an antiquity
and of a probable value

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that Schalcken could never have
conceived in his wildest imaginings.

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(Traffic passing)

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(Grunts)

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- Perfect.
- (Dog barking)

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Not one grain of alloy.

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Perfect.

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(Vanderhausen)
Are you content, Gerrit Dou?

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I...I would have a day, sir.

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- (Vanderhausen) Not an hour.
- Oh.

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I am content.

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(Vanderhausen)
Then sign, for I am weary.

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(Vanderhausen) Let the boy
write his name in witness.

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I will visit you tomorrow night,
Gerrit Dou,

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to see the object of our contract.

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(Clock ticking)

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(Clock ticking)

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(Sighing)

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(Narrator) Of course Dou knew nothing

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of the attachment between
Rose and his best pupil.

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Even if he had, it is doubtful
whether he would have regarded it

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as any serious obstruction.

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Marriages were matters
of traffic and calculation.

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The unfortunate girl was simply
the abject of a contract.

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My eyes aren't
what they used to be, Rose,

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but they're good enough to see

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that pretty face of yours
will make your fortune.

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No. Ha-ha.

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Believe me, girl, you will
soon be standing at the altar.

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Hm.

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Now, make the large room ready
by seven o'clock.

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Tell Frans supper on the hour.

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I expect a friend,

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a very rich friend,

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so do you trick yourself out
handsomely now.

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(Narrator) The painter, however,
did not communicate to his niece

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the important step
he had taken on her behalf.

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Not that he anticipated opposition,

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but rather that, if she had made any
enquiry about he! destined bridegroom,

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Dou would have had to admit that
he hadn't yet clearly seen his face.

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(Clock ticking)

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(Clock chiming)

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(Clock ticking and chiming)

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Ah, welcome, Minjheer, welcome.

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I have the honour to present
my niece, Rose Velderkaust.

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You know my pupil,
Godfried Schalcken.

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Minjheer Vanderhausen of Rotterdam.

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Ha-ha. Er...please be seated.

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Ah, we are most honoured.

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This is most, um...

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Hm. Ha-ha.

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Ah.

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(Pouring drink)

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Ah, Rotterdam...

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Yes.

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(Clock ticking)

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(Clock ticking)

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Oh, Uncle, what a terrible creature!

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I could never look on that face again
for all the wealth of the states.

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You're a foolish child!

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A man may be as ugly as the devil
but if his heart is good

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he's worth all the perfumed puppies
that walk the Mall.

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Uncle, he is hideous.

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(Clock ticking)

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Do you remember that old wooden
figure in the church of St Laurence,

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when I was a child
and we went to Rotterdam,

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and I was so afraid of that face
I could not take my eyes from it?

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It was really him.
Did you see his hands?

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Oh, be quiet!
I've signed the contract.

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(Narrator) I have
no sentimental scenes to describe,

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no exquisite details
of the cruelly of a guardian,

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no agonies
or transports of lovers.

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The record I have to make is one
of heartlessness, nothing more.

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The contract was signed,

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and settlements made even more
splendid than Dou ever dreamed of.

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Godfried, it must be soon.
We have less than a week.

254
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:04,921
Soon?

255
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:08,487
There is nowhere in Leiden.
They would know where to find us.

256
00:34:09,720 --> 00:34:11,802
Perhaps it will not happen.

257
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:16,443
You have seen the contract.
My uncle will keep faith.

258
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:20,281
Then it will be his doing.
I have nothing to keep us.

259
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:24,605
You will not let me go to that creature?

260
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,647
I will work, Rose.

261
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,127
In the future
I will buy back the contract.

262
00:34:33,240 --> 00:34:35,447
I will buy it back double.

263
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,488
(Narrator)
And so the wedding day dawned,

264
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:16,731
and Godfried Schalcken saw the prize
carried off by his monstrous rival.

265
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,530
- (Door closes)
- (Traffic passing)

266
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:45,804
(Narrator) For two or three days,

267
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:48,531
Schalcken absented himself
from the school.

268
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:51,211
Then he returned to work,
if with less cheerfulness,

269
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,085
with far more dogged
resolution than before.

270
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:58,967
And bit by bit, the impulse of love
gave place to that of ambition.

271
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:48,964
The months passed and, contrary
to expectation and agreement,

272
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:53,642
Gerrit Dou heard nothing of his niece
or her worshipful husband.

273
00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:55,085
He had grown so uneasy

274
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,646
that he sent Schalcken
to journey to Rotterdam

275
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:01,651
and to satisfy himself as to
the comfort and safety of Rose.

276
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:05,810
Schalcken had left not a house
in the Boomquay untried,

277
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:11,126
but no one had ever heard
of the rich Minjheer Vanderhausen.

278
00:37:11,240 --> 00:37:12,241
(Dog barking)

279
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:16,331
'Eventually he tired of what now
seemed an impossible commission.'

280
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:18,442
(Dog barking)

281
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:31,165
Now, you need not pledge
yourself unnecessarily, Minjheer,

282
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:35,046
but you will do so
when you find it is necessary.

283
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:37,724
Hendrijke!

284
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,528
(Coins clink)

285
00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:51,166
(Door creaks)

286
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,126
(Clock chimes)

287
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:25,762
(Horse snorting)

288
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:37,763
(Narrator) One carriage
is much like another,

289
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,491
and yet, even in the darkness,
this one,

290
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:44,127
most strangely encountered outside
the church of St Laurence itself,

291
00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:46,720
recalled for Schalcken
the fateful morning

292
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:49,764
when Rose had left.' her home forever.

293
00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,242
Did you carry a wedding party from
the home of Gerrit Dou in Leiden?

294
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,164
Yes, Minjheer,
in the early summer.

295
00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:00,045
And after the ceremony?

296
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:03,130
The old man came out
and took a carriage back to Leiden.

297
00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:07,086
I waited an hour
and no one else left the church.

298
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,165
The light was failing,
mist coming down.

299
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,011
So, I went into the church to find them.

300
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,088
There was no one inside.

301
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:17,725
No one?

302
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:22,004
When I came back out
to the carriage, I looked inside.

303
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:29,248
I found this...on the seat.

304
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,204
There's enough silver in it
to pay for the fare ten times over.

305
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:35,642
And you had no impression
where they might have gone?

306
00:39:35,720 --> 00:39:38,724
None, sir. I've never seen them since.

307
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:44,164
- Can I carry you somewhere, sir?
- No, I'll walk.

308
00:42:07,720 --> 00:42:11,167
(Narrator) I have myself seen
this curious little painting.

309
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,931
It has already passed
through several private hands.

310
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:16,088
Like other small canvases
by Schalcken,

311
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:20,410
it seems to draw upon elements
of a peculiarly personal nature,

312
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:25,128
and yet with no apparent foundation in
what we know of the life of the painter.

313
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:29,402
In all the paintings I have seen,
I have remarked a strange distance

314
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:32,604
in the relationship
of the human figures therein.

315
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:36,127
Contacts made only perhaps
by the expected conventions

316
00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:38,288
and courtesies of polite society,

317
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:41,051
or by commercial transaction.

318
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:46,926
Sensuality without warmth,
without passion.

319
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,361
Trappings that are ornate and lovely,

320
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:51,323
and yet set in a darkness

321
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:54,011
that the faltering lamplight
or candle flame

322
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:56,805
never seems capable of penetrating.

323
00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:00,728
- (Clock ticking)
- Vandenberg.

324
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:02,922
180 guilders.

325
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:08,283
(Narrator) The vanishing of Rose
Velderkaust those many years ago

326
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,971
was a continuing grief to the aged Dou.

327
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:13,765
He felt most strongly
that he had been defrauded,

328
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:15,729
and he did not know why.

329
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:18,730
In order to dispel his loneliness,
for he could no longer work,

330
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:23,721
he continued to keep close company
with his now famous pupil.

331
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:26,844
- (Clock ticking)
- Vanboger.

332
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,002
(DOU) Vanboger?

333
00:43:31,720 --> 00:43:34,849
120 guilders.

334
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:38,163
- (Dou) 120 guilders.
- (Clock chiming)

335
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:42,251
They ask for the work of Gerrit Dou
and they pay 120 guilders?

336
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:44,362
More than they pay for mine.

337
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,370
(DOU) Rightly so.

338
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:50,689
It's a matter of reputation
and experience.

339
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,126
I'm known in England now!

340
00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:56,641
They should pay more.

341
00:43:59,920 --> 00:44:03,083
(Loud knocks on door)

342
00:44:11,720 --> 00:44:13,245
Oh!

343
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:15,169
Rose!

344
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:18,602
Rose? Is it Rose?

345
00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:22,361
Wine! Give me wine, quickly,
for God's sake.

346
00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:27,288
Oh!

347
00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:31,290
Oh! Food! Give me food!

348
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:41,522
(Sobbing)

349
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,442
(Sobbing)

350
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:49,602
Find me a minister of God.

351
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:52,126
I'm not safe till he comes.

352
00:44:52,240 --> 00:44:54,720
Send for him quickly!

353
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,446
Oh, God, that he were here now!

354
00:44:57,560 --> 00:44:59,483
(Sobbing)

355
00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:01,762
I must never be left alone.

356
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:04,366
I am lost forever if you leave me.

357
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:07,370
The dead and the living
can never be one.

358
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:09,209
It is forbidden.

359
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:11,926
The dead and the living
can never be one.

360
00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:15,491
No, he is here already!

361
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:18,365
Look! Look where he goes!

362
00:45:34,720 --> 00:45:36,449
Oh, please.

363
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:39,484
Please do not leave me.

364
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:43,286
If you would save me,
never leave me alone, not for a moment.

365
00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:50,648
He is here.

366
00:45:55,960 --> 00:46:02,366
Rest to the wakeful,
sleep to the sleepwalkers.

367
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:04,642
Oh.

368
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:08,651
It is dark. The darkness is unsafe.

369
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,969
Give me light.

370
00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:14,923
Bring light!

371
00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:22,285
Bring light!

372
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:45,246
(Rose screams)

373
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:49,606
(Rose screams)

374
00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:53,162
(Scream stops)

375
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:23,642
(Water bubbling)

376
00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:46,608
What is it?

377
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:55,848
It is Lesbia weighing in the balance
her jewellery against her pet sparrow.

378
00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:00,048
What's it mean?

379
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:03,323
(Sighs) It's only a story.

380
00:51:18,640 --> 00:51:19,766
May I suggest a new introduction

381
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:22,082
which I am convinced
will please Minjheer.

382
00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:24,009
No. Hendrijke.

383
00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:26,327
I would like you only
to see the new girl.

384
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:27,965
A lovely unspoilt creature,

385
00:51:28,080 --> 00:51:31,448
whose family have regrettably
fallen on hard times,

386
00:51:31,640 --> 00:51:32,721
and to whom I have promised

387
00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:36,128
I will introduce only the most
cultivated of our visitors.

388
00:51:36,240 --> 00:51:39,050
- Hendrijke.
- Very good, Minjheer.

389
00:51:40,720 --> 00:51:43,803
So fond of you, Minjheer,
our Hendrijke.

390
00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:48,765
And perhaps next time you will meet
the lovely Rose from Rotterdam.

391
00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:54,930
Madame?

392
00:51:57,640 --> 00:52:00,041
- The new girl...
-Ah.

393
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:02,686
I knew Minjheer could not resist.

394
00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:08,322
Rose?

395
00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:25,722
What is it today, Minjheer?

396
00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:28,808
Mary Magdalene.

397
00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:34,042
She's in the Bible.

398
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:02,289
(Narrator) And the artist Pygmalion,

399
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:06,086
when he saw how the women around
him seemed to be made of stone,

400
00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:07,611
hard like flint,

401
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:10,763
determined he would
fashion for himself a statue

402
00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:13,400
lovelier than any woman born.

403
00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:20,362
He stood at the altar at the feast
of Venus, praying, 'I ask for...'

404
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:23,165
He didn't dare to say the ivory maiden.

405
00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:25,931
'One like the ivory maiden.'

406
00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:30,287
And when he returned,
he went straight to the statue.

407
00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:38,282
She seemed warm.

408
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:43,930
The ivory lost its hardness as he
touched her breast with his fingers.

409
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:06,683
Mary Magdalene?

410
00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:11,443
Pandora.

411
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:25,282
Who's Ceres?

412
00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:59,683
The face of the artist here
becomes the gloating satyr

413
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:03,327
who spies on beauty
but does not possess it.

414
00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:05,568
The classical and mythological subjects

415
00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:07,642
in which Schalcken
at this time indulged himself

416
00:55:07,720 --> 00:55:09,609
and, I presume, his rich patrons,

417
00:55:09,680 --> 00:55:13,321
seem to me characterised
by mawkish sentiments

418
00:55:13,440 --> 00:55:17,490
or a calculated eroticism
that often verges on the absurd.

419
00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:22,811
And yet, at the same time,
and perhaps privately,

420
00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:27,443
he created a series of female figures
by lamp and candlelight

421
00:55:27,560 --> 00:55:28,561
who confront the viewer

422
00:55:28,640 --> 00:55:34,807
in a direct, sometimes
coquettish, attitude of invitation,

423
00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:37,281
perhaps even of challenge.

424
00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:46,280
I've never before
fully understood this obsession

425
00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:50,962
until I became acquainted with the
narrative I am now passing on to you.

426
00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:54,371
In his late 30s,

427
00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:58,371
Schalcken married a girl
from a rich merchant's family.

428
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:02,326
Her name was
Francoise van Dimen de Breda.

429
00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:04,442
She was several years his junior.

430
00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:20,081
(Schalcken sighs)

431
00:56:25,080 --> 00:56:28,687
(Narrator) Although her social position
did not perhaps fully realise

432
00:56:28,800 --> 00:56:30,768
Schalcken expectations -

433
00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:32,809
by now his awn reputation
was considerable -

434
00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:35,122
still, she was a reasonable match,

435
00:56:35,240 --> 00:56:37,641
not untutored
in the manners of polite society,

436
00:56:37,760 --> 00:56:40,366
and adequately trained
in the household arts.

437
00:57:05,040 --> 00:57:06,371
Yes?

438
00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:10,849
(Gentleman) Do I have the honour
to address Godfried Schalcken?

439
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:14,322
Yes, Minjheer, I am Schalcken.

440
00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:17,641
It is a great pleasure,
Godfried Schalcken.

441
00:57:17,720 --> 00:57:21,008
I have seen your work in the house
of the Burgomeister of Rotterdam.

442
00:57:21,120 --> 00:57:23,282
I compliment you upon it.

443
00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:34,086
I have come to ask if you will
paint a portrait of my daughter.

444
00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:37,010
I had conceived it
with my daughter at play,

445
00:57:37,120 --> 00:57:40,329
on the eve of her birthday,
before entering into womanhood.

446
00:57:40,440 --> 00:57:44,240
A pleasing background,
perhaps my own drawing room,

447
00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:47,489
and in the foreground
her favourite doll.

448
00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:50,121
Doll?

449
00:57:50,240 --> 00:57:53,244
She is very attached to the doll.

450
00:57:53,360 --> 00:57:56,250
I no longer paint portraits
to commission, sir.

451
00:57:56,360 --> 00:57:57,600
Perhaps in the future,

452
00:57:57,680 --> 00:58:01,401
but I have work on another theme
at present, one of my own.

453
00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:02,726
I know it, sir.

454
00:58:02,840 --> 00:58:05,127
I should be honoured
to speak with you about it.

455
00:58:05,240 --> 00:58:07,720
I have seen few more haunting scenes

456
00:58:07,840 --> 00:58:11,765
outside the work of Rembrandt van Rijn,
and Gerrit Dou.

457
00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:13,206
Dou no longer paints.

458
00:58:13,320 --> 00:58:15,607
You were his pupil?

459
00:58:15,720 --> 00:58:17,643
I'm my own man, Minjheer.

460
00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:21,128
I do not copy Dou.
Nor do I paint portraits to order.

461
00:58:21,240 --> 00:58:25,802
Ah, you need not pledge yourself
unnecessarily, Godfried Schalcken,

462
00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:28,691
but when you see the value
of my commission

463
00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:32,441
I think you will find it is necessary.

464
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:25,331
Hm.

465
00:59:39,680 --> 00:59:42,604
Schalcken.

466
00:59:44,080 --> 00:59:46,686
Godfried Schalcken.

467
00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:53,083
(Schalcken) Gerrit Dou
later faded into obscurity,

468
00:59:53,200 --> 00:59:56,249
under the shadow
of his more famous pupil.

469
01:00:14,840 --> 01:00:16,842
(Traffic passing outside)

470
01:00:26,560 --> 01:00:30,610
(Narrator) Gerrit Dou had died in 1675.

471
01:00:30,680 --> 01:00:32,762
Schalcken went alone to the funeral,

472
01:00:32,920 --> 01:00:36,242
which, in spite of Dou's celebrity,
was not well attended.

473
01:00:36,360 --> 01:00:38,806
He returned from
the church of St Laurence

474
01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:41,850
far later than expected that night,

475
01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:47,131
and with a demeanour that seemed
to reflect some inexpressible anguish,

476
01:00:47,240 --> 01:00:50,050
spoke not a single ward
to his household,

477
01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:55,803
but went straightaway to his studio,
where he remained until the morning.

478
01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:06,442
(Sniffs)

479
01:01:15,040 --> 01:01:19,728
It was only years later that Schalcken
first spoke of the events of that night.

480
01:01:19,840 --> 01:01:21,205
He'd been left.' alone

481
01:01:21,320 --> 01:01:25,928
in the church of St Laurence,
after the funeral party had dispersed.

482
01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:29,364
As he walked quietly,

483
01:01:29,480 --> 01:01:31,960
alone with his thoughts
in the darkened building,

484
01:01:32,080 --> 01:01:35,971
he'd been overtaken
by the drowsiness of intense cold

485
01:01:36,080 --> 01:01:38,924
in that vast and empty chapel of stone.

486
01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:44,610
(Clock chiming)

487
01:01:44,680 --> 01:01:48,446
(Narrator) Some impulse,
stronger than mere curiosity,

488
01:01:48,560 --> 01:01:51,962
led him to the door
of the church vaults.

489
01:01:56,360 --> 01:01:57,930
(Door chases)

490
01:01:59,440 --> 01:02:02,284
(Steps echo)

491
01:02:25,080 --> 01:02:27,082
(Steps echo)

492
01:02:57,040 --> 01:02:59,042
(Steps echo)

493
01:03:33,200 --> 01:03:35,328
(Coins clinking)

494
01:03:39,160 --> 01:03:41,925
(Coins clinking)

495
01:03:49,120 --> 01:03:51,487
(Coins clinking)

496
01:05:14,000 --> 01:05:16,002
(Sighs)

497
01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:21,321
(Sniffs and sighs)

498
01:05:28,680 --> 01:05:30,682
(Coins clink)

499
01:06:05,680 --> 01:06:06,966
(Narrator) To his dying day,

500
01:06:07,080 --> 01:06:10,721
Schalcken was convinced of the
reality of the vision he had witnessed,

501
01:06:10,840 --> 01:06:14,287
and he left behind this picture
as testimony to it.

502
01:06:14,400 --> 01:06:15,925
But look more closely,

503
01:06:16,040 --> 01:06:20,170
and remember his last terrible meeting
with Rose Velderkaust.

504
01:06:20,280 --> 01:06:23,727
If you recall, the painter
had fainted dead away

505
01:06:23,840 --> 01:06:27,242
at whatever apparition
she had presented to him.

506
01:06:27,360 --> 01:06:30,045
Here he has painted
the observer, himself,

507
01:06:30,160 --> 01:06:32,162
in the act of drawing his sword

508
01:06:32,280 --> 01:06:36,171
as if to defend himself against
the powers that were threatening him.

509
01:06:36,280 --> 01:06:38,726
A self-portrait, perhaps?

510
01:06:38,840 --> 01:06:41,650
Perhaps also a little self-deception?

511
01:06:42,440 --> 01:06:47,924
Godfried Schalcken went to his grave
in November 1706,

512
01:06:48,040 --> 01:06:51,044
and, apart from the story I have
told you, which was passed down

513
01:06:51,160 --> 01:06:53,970
through the mouths of my father
and his father's father,

514
01:06:54,080 --> 01:06:58,483
there is no other record
of this mysterious romance

515
01:06:58,600 --> 01:07:01,922
in the life of Schalcken the painter.