Baron Jan August Hendrik Leys Jan August Hendrik, Baron Leys (18 February 1815 - 25 August 1869), also known as Henri Leys, was a Belgian painter and printmaker was born at Antwerp. He studied under Wappers at the Antwerp Academy. In 1833 he painted Combat d'un grenadier et d'un cosaque, and in the following year Combat de Bourguignons et Flamands. In 1835 he went to Paris where he was influenced by the Romantic movement. Examples of this period of his painting are Massacre des chevins de Louvain, Manage flamand, Le Roi des arbaltriers and other works.
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