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159 Johannes Christiaan Schotel (1787-1838)
160 Cornelis Springer (1817-1891) Haarlemmermeer after the construction of the dike and before the land reclamation signed with initials and dated ‘CS 3 Aug.’ (lower right) oil on panel, 25,5x36,5 cm
A certificate of authenticity dated 1891 by Leonard Springer (1855–1940), the artist’s son, is attached to the reverse. This was done after the painter’s death. The certificate is attached with red wax seals bearing the initials ‘CS’. The Haarlemmermeer is a reclaimed polder and today also a municipality of the same name. Before its reclamation (1849–1852), it was a vast expanse of water. Plans to drain it had already been proposed in the seventeenth century, but it was not until the nineteenth century that the work actually began. At the end of 1836, two severe winter storms drove the water up to the gates of Amsterdam and Leiden, prompting King William I in 1837 to order the draining of the Haarlemmermeer. It became a prestigious project. Between 1840 and 1848, a ring canal was dug and embanked, and the reclamation itself was carried out using steam-powered pumping stations: De Cruquius (near Heemstede) and De Lynden (near Osdorp). In this composition, two steam pumping stations can be seen in the distance. This work, depicting the reclamation of the Haarlemmermeer, occupies a unique place within the oeuvre of Cornelis Springer.
Shipwreck klipper on rough seas signed ‘JC Schotel’ (lower right) oil on canvas, 55x70 cm
€4,000 - €6,000
Provenance: -Collection Jhr W.A. van den Bosch; His auction, A. Mak, Dordrecht, 1 May 1957, lot. 98.
€10,000 - €15,000
Litrature: -W. Laanstra, H.C. de Bruijn and J.A.H. Ringeling, ´Cornelis Springer 1817-1891´, Utrecht 1984, p. 216, no. O-10, as: ‘De Haarlemmermeer bij ondergaande zon, voor de drooglegging´. Provenance: -The artist’s studio auction, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 1 December 1891, lot 28. -Private collection, the Netherlands.
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