Cornelis Springer artwork • painting • previously for sale Streetscene in Monnickendam
Cornelis Springer
Amsterdam 1817-1891 Hilversum
1817-1891
Streetscene in Monnickendam
oil on panel 25.1 x 19.8 cm, signed l.r. and dated '80
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: mej. G.M. Matthijsen, Leeuwarden, rechtstreeks van de schilder gekocht op 10 febr. 1880 (voor Dfl. 200,); kunsthandel Lambrecht; part. bezit Frankrijk; part. coll. Nederland.
Literature: Willem Laanstra, H.C. de Bruijn. J.H.A. Ringeling, 'Cornelis Springer (1817-1891)', Utrecht 1984, pag. 200, cat.nr. 80-2 (met afb.); Arnold Ligthart, 'Door het oog van Cornelis Springer (1817-1891). Een ontdekkingstocht langs de steden rondom de Zuiderzee', Schiedam, 2015, pag. 113, afb. 143 (in kleur).
Exhibited: Hoorn, Westfries Museum, 'La Hollande Pittoresque', 14 juli 2012-11 nov. 2012; Enkhuizen, Zuiderzeemuseum, ‘Door het oog van Springer’, 12 dec. 2015-10 april 2016.
Inspired by the 'Fluwelen Burgwal' in Monnickendam. The painter had a special interest in the architecture of the old Zuiderzee towns. In 1880, he sold this painting for 200 guilders.
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