'Het Huis met de Hoofden' on the Keizersgracht, Amsterdam

Details

Cornelis Springer (Dutch, 1817-1891)
'Het Huis met de Hoofden' on the Keizersgracht, Amsterdam
signed and dated 'C Springer/26 Mei 1853' (lower right)
pencil, black and brown ink, grey wash and watercolour on paper
66.5 x 51 cm.

Provenance

the artist's estate; Sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 1 December 1891, lot 67.

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Lot Essay

The subject-matter of the present lot, Het Huis met de Hoofden (Keizersgracht 123, Amsterdam) is a study for the oil painting 'Het huis met de Hoofden te Amsterdam' of 1853 (oil on panel, 66 x 55 cm. See W. Laanstra, Cornelis Springer (1817-1891), Utrecht 1984, p.84., cat.no. 53-6.).

To be included in the forthcoming catalogue raissoné by Mr Willem
Laanstra, Oeuvre catalogus: Cornelis Springer 1817-1891, volume 2, cat.no. T/1853-1 (to be published in 2003).

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