CHARLES LEICKERT (1816-1907) Winter landscape with skaters

signed 'Ch Leickert' (lower left) oil on panel 26 x 36 cm The Belgian-born landscape painter Charles Leickert was born in Brussels and trained in The Hague under Barthélemy Johannes van Hove and later Andreas Schelfhout. He special-ised in Dutch townscapes and winter scenes with skaters on frozen canals. Influenced by the tradition of the seventeenth-century Dutch masters, his paintings are noted for their care-ful topographical detail and atmospheric light. His works are held in several public collections, including the Rijksmuseum.