Gysbrecht Leytens

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Gysbrecht Leytens, Wooded river landscape with resting shepherds, oil on panel, 40 × 57.8 cm

Gijsbrecht Leytens (* 1586 in Antwerp , † 1643 or 1656 in Antwerp) is a Flemish painter who almost exclusively painted winter landscapes. At the age of twelve he became an apprentice in the Antwerp workshop of Jacques Vrolyck , then in 1611 became a member of the local Guild of St. Luke and from 1617 probably had his own workshop with his own assistants.

Leyten's subjects are small figures surrounded by large trees in the winter forest, a subject that is sometimes characterized in art by the Dutch word Winterken (Little Winter).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christie's (auction house): Gijsbrecht Leytens - A winter landscape with a woodsman and travelers . Lot 150 Auction 7633 Description (in English) of the work Winter Landscape with Lumberjack and Travelers with a biography of Leytens
  2. ↑ H. Vlieghe: Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-1700 . Pelican History of Art. Yale University Press 1988 p. 182 and a.
personal data
SURNAME Leytens, Gysbrecht
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leytens, Gijsbrecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch painter of winter landscapes
DATE OF BIRTH 1586
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH 1643 or 1656
Place of death Antwerp