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The Property of a Family
Gysbrecht Leytens
A winter landscape with figures, two peasants gathering wood and two riding a sledge
Lot Closed
July 8, 01:30 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Family
Gysbrecht Leytens
Antwerp 1586 - before 1656
A winter landscape with figures, two peasants gathering wood and two riding a sledge
oil on panel
unframed: 33.4 x 54.7 cm.; 13⅛ x 21½ in.
framed: 47.5 x 69 cm.; 18¾ x 27¼ in.
Mrs. M.Q. Morris, London, before 1959;
J. C. Morris, Esq.;
By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 29 November 1961, lot 50 (as Master of the Winter Landscapes);
With Kunsthandel Charles Roelofsz, Amsterdam, circa 1988;
From whom acquired for a German private collection.
J. C. Morris, Esq.;
By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 29 November 1961, lot 50 (as Master of the Winter Landscapes);
With Kunsthandel Charles Roelofsz, Amsterdam, circa 1988;
From whom acquired for a German private collection.
E. Greindl, 'Contribution à la connaissance du style de Gysbrecht Leytens', in Pantheon, vol. 31, 1973, p. 262, cat. no. 27.
Plymouth and Bristol, Regional Museum Service for the South-West, The Morris Loan Collection, 1959, no. 7 (as Master of the Winter Landscapes);
Amsterdam, Charles Roelofsz, A collection of paintings: 1988, March 1988, no. 13.
Amsterdam, Charles Roelofsz, A collection of paintings: 1988, March 1988, no. 13.
This artist, who usually (but not always) depicts winter landscapes, used to be identified as the Master of the Winter Landscapes until his true identity was unmasked.