European & British Paintings Day Auction

European & British Paintings Day Auction

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Property from a Dutch Private Collection

Cornelis Springer

The Market Square and Town Hall of Bolsward in Summer

VAT reduced rate

Auction Closed

December 7, 01:32 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Dutch Private Collection


Cornelis Springer

Dutch

1817 - 1891

The Market Square and Town Hall of Bolsward in Summer


signed and dated C. Springer. 1872 lower right; signed and authenticated by the artist on a label on the reverse

oil on panel

Unframed: 61.5 by 83.5cm., 24¼ by 32¾in.

Framed: 82.2 by 103.3cm., 32¼ by 40¾in.

Gebr. van der Donckt, Brussels (by whom purchased directly from the artist on 18 May 1872 for 300 Dfl)

Henri Le Roy et Fils, Brussels

Peter A. Schemm, Philadelphia, by 1899 (according to a label on the reverse; his sale: American Art Galleries, New York, 17 March 1911, lot 267 (sold for 700 USD))

Holland Art Gallery, Amsterdam, no. 954

Possibly Miele & Co., Amsterdam

Kunsthandel D. Katz, The Hague, by 1961

Purchased from the above by the family of the present owners

Willem Laanstra, H.C. de Bruijn & Dr J.H.A. Ringeling, Cornelis Springer (1817-1891), Utrecht, 1984, p. 174, no. 72-5, illustrated

Philadelphia, The Union League of Philadelphia, Art Loan Exhibition, 1899