Gijsbrecht Leytens

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Gijsbrecht Leytens (1586–1643 or 1656), also known as The Master of the Winter Landscapes, was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in winter landscapes influenced by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Gillis van Coninxloo.^[1] He became a master in Antwerp's guild of St. Luke in 1611, but little else is known of his career.^[1] Like his contemporaries in Antwerp, Abraham Govaerts and Alexander Keirincx, Leytens painted wooded landscapes populated with small figures, bracketed by strong repoussoir trees.^[1] His paintings, however, were generally winter scenes, a recognized specialty known as a Winterken ("little winter").^[1]

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1. ^ ^{a b c d} Vlieghe, pp. 182.

[edit] Sources

• Hans Vlieghe (1998). Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-1700. Pelican History of Art. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300070381