Cornelis Springer

G. H. Matthijssen Leeuwarden, acquired in 1880
Fetter collection, Amsterdam
Stania State, Oentsjerk (by 1939)
Pieter A. Scheen, 's-Gravenhage, The Hague, (by 1951)
A.F. Lodeizen, Wassenaar (by 1955)
Sale: Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, 7 May 1974, lot 1062
Acquired by the father of the present owner in the late 1970s, thence by descent

The Hague, Pieter A. Scheen Kunsthandel, 1951, no. 21
Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Nederlandse Architectuurschilders, 1953, no. 91 
Delft, Stedelijk Museum, De Romantische School, 1955, no. 108, illustrated in the catalogue

Gids Museum, Stania-State Museum, Oenkerk, 1939, no. 209
Cornelius Basoski, 'Romantiek in een Straatje te Edam', in Nieuwe Haagsche Courant, 28 September 1951, discussed & illustrated 
Pieter A. Scheen, Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars, 1750-1950, 's-Gravenhage, 1970, volume II, no. 202, illustrated
Willem Laanstra, H.C. de Bruijn & Dr Jan Herman Adolf Ringeling, Cornelis Springer (1817-1891), Utrecht, 1984, p. 197, no. 79-6, catalogued & illustrated
Door het oog van Cornelis Springer, exh. cat., Enkhuizen, 2015, p. 110, fig. 136, catalogued & illustrated (as Lingerzijde met Speeltoren te Edam)

The panel is flat, even, and ensuring a stable support. There is a fine pattern of hairline craquelure throughout, however this is only noticeable upon close inspection. Ultra-violet light reveals three minor spots of what appears to be discoloured retouching in the sky, also visible to the naked eye, and some very finely applied lines of retouching addressing craquelure in the foliage of the trees in the centre of the composition and in the roof tops in the right hand side. This work presents very well and is otherwise in good condition and ready to hang. Presented in a decorative gilt frame with a beige inner slip. The blues are somewhat brighter in reality than in the catalogue illustration.
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The present work is a view along the Lingerzijde, looking towards the Carillon tower (or Speeltoren). The tower is the only part of the Church of Our Dear Lady which remains standing today, as the church was demolished in 1882.