Lot Essay
Please compare the present composition to a preliminary drawing, dated 1885 (collection Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen).
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A view of the Oosterkerk, Hoorn
Details
Cornelis Springer (Amsterdam 1817-1891 Hilversum)
A view of the Oosterkerk, Hoorn
signed and indistinctly dated 'C Springer 86' (lower left); and authenticated (on a label attached to the reverse); and with the artist's seals
oil on panel
25.5 x 20 cm.
A view of the Oosterkerk, Hoorn
signed and indistinctly dated 'C Springer 86' (lower left); and authenticated (on a label attached to the reverse); and with the artist's seals
oil on panel
25.5 x 20 cm.
Provenance
with The Holland Fine Art Gallery, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 18 May 1981, lot 357, where acquired by the family of the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 18 May 1981, lot 357, where acquired by the family of the present owner.
Literature
W. Laanstra, H. C. de Bruijn, Dr. J. H. A. Ringeling, Cornelis Springer (1817-1891), Utrecht, 1984, p. 212, no. 86-5, as: De Oosterkerk te Hoorn (where dated 1886).
W. Laanstra, Cornelis Springer in Hoorn, Hoorn, 1992, p. 17, no. 10 (where erroneously dated 1878).
Arnold Ligthart, Door het oog van Cornelis Springer (1817-1891). Een ontdekkingstocht langs de steden rondom de Zuiderzee, Schiedam, 2015, p. 103.
W. Laanstra, Cornelis Springer in Hoorn, Hoorn, 1992, p. 17, no. 10 (where erroneously dated 1878).
Arnold Ligthart, Door het oog van Cornelis Springer (1817-1891). Een ontdekkingstocht langs de steden rondom de Zuiderzee, Schiedam, 2015, p. 103.
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