Springer, C. | Asperen, a Dutch town with figures by a church

Cornelis Springer

Dutch, Amsterdam 1817 – 1891 Hilversum

Asperen, a Dutch town with figures by a church

Oil on canvas 50.2 x 41.4 cm

Signed and dated lower right ‘C Springer ‘59’

Please compare to a drawing ‘Asperen: A town view with figures by a church, 1859’ charcoal on paper, 50 x 41 cm, signed and dated ‘C Springer 18 Febr 59’ lower left and inscribed ‘Asperen’ lower right, sold at Christie’s Amsterdam, 25 October 2005, lot 87.

Provenance
G.J. Schouten, Amsterdam (acquired directly from the artist on 9 September 1859 for Dfl. 200,-)

Literature
W. Laanstra, H.C. de Bruijn, J.H.A. Ringeling, Cornelis Springer (1817-1891), Utrecht 1984, cat.no. 59-9, p. 120