The Maidservant
1868 · etching
Platemark: 25.8 x 15.5 cm (10 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 34 x 25.2 cm (13 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Henri Leys
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Henri Leys, Hendrik Leys or Jan August Hendrik, Baron Leys was a Belgian painter and printmaker. He was a leading representative of the historical or Romantic school in Belgian art and became a pioneer of the Realist movement in Belgium. His history and genre paintings and portraits earned him a European-wide reputation and his style was influential on artists in and outside Belgium.
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