Adrianus Eversen artwork • painting • previously for sale A sunny quai with figures and the Koppelpoort, Amersfoort
Adrianus Eversen
Amsterdam 1818-1897 Delft
1818-1897
A sunny quai with figures and the Koppelpoort, Amersfoort
oil on panel 19.3 x 15.0 cm, signed l.l. and on a label on the reverse
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: veiling Sotheby's, Londen, 25 nov. 1987, lot 143 (1 van 2 pendanten); veiling Sotheby's, Londen, 8 febr. 1989, lotnr. 2 (met afb.); part. bezit. Groot-Brittannië.
Literature: Pieter Overduin, 'Adrianus Eversen 1818-1897. Schilder van stads- en dorpsgezichten', Giessenburg 2010, pag. 207, cat.nr. 20-12 (als 'Figuren op een plein in Utrecht').
Adrianus Eversen was the most gifted pupil of the townscape painter Cornelis Springer. From his master he took over the build-up of composition, treatment of detail and warm colour palette. However, he was much freer in his choice of subject matter. While Springer mainly painted ‘portraits’ of existing buildings or parts of a town, Eversen usually arranged his villages and narrow streets in order to create a charming townscape.
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