Charles Henri Joseph Leickert 
[Belgian, 1816-1907]
Skaters on Dutch canal with hamlet 
signed 'Ch. Leickert' (lower right) 
Oil on panel
63cm x 76cm
Leickert painted in The Hague under the supervision of landscape painters Bartholomeus van Hove, Wijnand Nuijen & Andreas Schelfhout. He specialised in winter scenes romanticising the sky in pale blues and bright pinks.