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Artist: Gijsbrecht Leytens (1586–after 1643)
Alternative names: Gijsbrecht Leijtens, Gysbrecht Leytens, Gijsbrecht Lijtens, Gijsbrecht Lytens
Flemish painter and draughtsman
Work period: from 1611 until 1643
Work location: Antwerp
Title: Wooded Mountain Landscape with Waterfall and Travellers
Object type: Painting
Description: Wooded Mountain Landscape with Waterfall and Travellers is a magnificent fantasy landscape in the Flemish tradition, painted in the first half of the 17th century by the Antwerp painter Gijsbrecht Leytens (1586–c.1642/56), best known for his atmospheric winter scenes. With its characteristic features – an imposing Northern European mountain- and forest landscape combined with fanciful Italianate buildings, pastoral idylls and exotically dressed groups of travellers – the painting is representative of key trends in Flemish landscape painting after the year 1600.
Date: first half of 17th century
Medium: Oil on oak panel
Dimensions: Height: 68.4 cm (26.9 in). Width: 101.5 cm (40 in).
Place of creation: Antwerp
Inscriptions (Swedish): Signerad: G. L. fec.[underst t.v. på en sten]
SKU: 274481
