Lot 118: GYSBRECHT LEYTENS

GYSBRECHT LEYTENS ANTWERP 1586 - BEFORE 1656 A WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH WOODCUTTERS ON A BANK BESIDE A FROZEN CANAL, A VILLAGE TO THE RIGHT oil on panel 52 by 75 cm.; 20 1/2 by 29 1/2 in.

Leytens made numerous variations of this, his most successful compositional type, throughout his career. One such variation, without the homestead to the right and with fewer figures, was sold London, Christie's, 3 December 2008, lot 150. Another, more crowded at the left, but with the homestead and the figure in the foreground raising his axe, was exhibited at Saarbrücken and Rouen, Chefs-d'Oeuvres Oubliés, in June - September 1954.