ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES LEICKERT (DUTCH, 1816-1907)
A Dutch river scene in summer
signed 'Ch Leickert' (lower right)
oil on panel
19 x 27 cm. (7 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.)

Provenance
With MacConnal-Mason, St James's, London (label verso)

Leickert began following drawing classes at the Drawing Academy in The Hague at as young as eleven years old, with one of his tutors being renowned townscape painter Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove (1790-1880). He joined the studio of fellow academy student Wijnand Nuyan (1813-1839) in 1833, before moving to the studio of Nuyen's tutor Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870) who had a significant impact on his work. Leickert went on to present at the founding of the Pulchri Studio in The Hague and he became a regular member of the artist's society 'Arti et Amicitiae' in Amsterdam.