Elias Pieter van Bommel (1819-1890), attributed to, copy after Cornelis Springer (1817-1891), 'City scene with merchants at a shop with an awning'

Elias Pieter van Bommel (1819-1890), attributed to, copy after Cornelis Springer (1817-1891), 'City scene with merchants at a shop with an awning'

bears false signature ‘K. Karssen’ (Kasparus Karssen (1810-1896) lower left. The composition completely matches a well-known work by Cornelis Springer (see literature W. Laanstra. H. C. de Bruijn jr., J. H. A. Ringeling, Cornelis Springer (1817-1891), Utrecht 1984, 50-2.). The building appears to be a capriccio. In the 1950s and 1970s Springer repeated this composition twice more: the same building (but different figures/context and different name on the facade of the building) see Laanstra 51-2 and 71-7. Included in the RKD database under ‘attributed to Elias Pieter van Bommel’: https://rkd.nl/imageslite/3944889.

Oil on panel, 51 x 40 cm.