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Jan August Hendrik Leys

34 works

Jan August Hendrik Leys (1815-1869) was a painter and etcher from Belgium. Read more

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Sketch of a crowd in period dress before a Gothic church and gabled houses, with a flag at left, in brown washes.

Archery Feast in Antwerp in the 16th Century

Painting of a thatched farmhouse with weathered wooden walls, a stone wall, and a tree beside it in a dirt yard.

Farmhouse

Oil portrait of a young man with wavy brown hair and a beard, in a dark jacket and bow tie, against green.

Julien Leys, the Artist's Son

1863

Painting of a dim interior with a seated figure at a table, leaded windows, a red fireplace and a wooden cupboard.

Interior

Painting of an old weathered building façade with leaded windows, a wooden door and brown tones, by Jan August Hendrik Leys,

An Old Façade on the Melkmarkt

1853

Medieval-style courtyard procession with archers, a robed official, a girl scattering flowers, and spectators on balconies.

The Guild of the Archers Welcomes Margaret of Austria

1860

Interior banquet scene with servants carrying plates and pewter jugs, guests at long tables, and a man in a chain of office.

Frans Floris Attending a Banquet of the Guild of Saint Luke

1853

Full-length painting of a man in a dark fur-trimmed robe and gold chain holding a sealed manuscript, with a coat of arms.

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

1864

Crowded 19th-century painting of a timber hall with musicians, a procession, banners and figures in period costume.

Visit of Albrecht Dürer in Antwerp in 1520

1855

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in armor and crown with a double-headed eagle coat of arms.

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, 1415

1864

Full-length portrait of a young man in medieval dress holding a shield with a golden lion, red sash and sword, before stained

Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1309

1864

Painting of an old Antwerp building facade with an ornate stone doorway, leaded windows and a wrought iron railing.

Old Antwerp Facade - Klaverbladpoortje

Crowd in medieval dress leaving a brick church, with a bird vendor and cages on a cobbled street.

After Mass

1866

Painted portrait of a seated clergyman in black robe and cap before a red and gold ornamented wall.

Portrait of a Cleric

Crowded 19th-century painting of a Flemish wedding celebration in a courtyard with a bride, guests, musicians and a dog.

Wedding in Flanders in the Seventeenth Century

1839

Muted painting of an old stone building facade with an arched doorway, carved medallions, a bust, and leaded windows.

Courtyard of the house of Christoffel Plantin

Full-length portrait of a young man in a dark cloak and yellow cap, holding a pen, in a room with tapestries and a leaded win

The Painter Quinten Massijs

1868

Painting of an ornate hall with richly dressed figures, a drummer, a standard-bearer and a seated man in a red cloak.

The Reception of Peter Paul Rubens by the Antwerp Arquebusiers

1851

Painting of a bagpipe player in a feathered hat and cloak standing beside a woman in a red headscarf against a pale wall.

Zampogna player and his wife

1856

Painting of townspeople gathered at a stone town gate in snow, a trumpeter at right and a bread stall at left.

At the Town Gate

1856

Full-length portrait of a standing medieval-style man in red cap and brown cloak, holding a scroll and a lion-emblazoned shie

John II, Duke of Brabant, 1306

1864

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark suit with dividers on a table, red gloves in his lap, green wall behind.

The architect Alphonse Balat

1866

Two bearded men in dark period dress stand at a table with coins and an open book in a warm brown interior.

The Studio of Frans Floris

1868

Painting of a standing uniformed guard facing seated men in a dim interior with an arched window.

The Guard

Painting of a crowded historic street with mounted horsemen, a canopied procession, and spectators in gabled houses.

The Joyous Entry of the Duke of Anjou into Antwerp

1840

Painting of a dim studio where a young woman leans over an open book beside an older man in a dark hat.

The Studio

1851

Full-length painting of a bearded man in a crown and red mantle holding a scepter and orb, with a heraldic shield.

Henry I, Duke of Brabant, 1220

1864

Painting of a 17th-century style interior with a seated woman, a man reading a newspaper, a cat, and a checkered floor.

Zeventiende-eeuws binnenhuis

1838

Painted courtyard of a stone building with arched doorways, leaded windows, a stone well and stacked timber.

Courtyard of Antwerp Town Hall

1847

Full-length portrait of a young woman in a green dress with black trim, holding a fan, before a patterned blue tapestry.

Lucie Leys, Daughter of the Painter

1865

Painted half-length portrait of an older bearded man in a dark coat before a patterned wall and arched scene, 1866.

Self-portrait

1866

Painting of a row of old brick gabled houses with stepped roofs and a pale, sketched reflection below.

Houses on the Handschoenmarkt

1866

Jan August Hendrik Leys (1815-1869) was a painter and etcher from Belgium. Jan August Hendrik Leys was born and died in Antwerp. The work of Jan August Hendrik Leys is associated with Flemish Renaissance Revival architecture. Browse 34 works by Jan August Hendrik Leys from 4 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata