Cornelis Springer

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1817-1891)

Person Human Q474066

Facts

24 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[20]
Date of birth: May 25, 1817, 1817^[10]
Date of death: February 18, 1891, 1891, February 20, 1891, December 18, 1891^[11]^[12]^[13]
Place of birth: Amsterdam
Place of death: Hilversum
Country of citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands^[14]
Occupation: painter, watercolorist, draftsperson, etcher, lithographer
Educated at: Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten^[16]
Notable work: The Zuiderhavendijk, Enkhuizen, View of The Hague from the Delftse Vaart in the 17th Century, View of The Hague^[17]^[18]^[19]
Student of: Jacobus van der Stok, Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate^[29]^[30]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Dutch^[33]
Work location: Amsterdam (1832–1891), Oosterbeek, Brussels (1860), Brussels (1867), Germany, Zaltbommel^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]
Artist files at: Frick Art Research Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired
Depicted by: Self-portrait as a kindle-wood gatherer^[31]
Described by source: Paintings of the nineteenth century: contribution to the history of art^[32]
Family name: Springer^[22]
Given name: Cornelis^[23]
Has works in the collection: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Stadsarchief Rotterdam, National Museum of World Cultures, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Teylers Museum, Amsterdam Museum, Rijksmuseum, Frans Hals Museum, Fries Museum, Dordrechts Museum, Groninger Museum
+26 more
Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Clark Art Institute, Museum Arnhem, City Castle Zaltbommel, Museum De Lakenhal, Museum Het Valkhof, Elisabeth Orphanage Museum, Regional Archives Nijmegen, Voerman Stadsmuseum Hattem, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Stadsmuseum Harderwijk, Regionaal Archief Rivierenland, Führermuseum, Museum Amersfoort, Museum De Waag, Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History, Villa Vauban, The Wilson, Zuiderzeemuseum, Print Collection, Westfries Museum, Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Wikidata item, Nieuwe Instituut
^[39]^[40]
Movement: Romanticism^[21]
Name in native language: Cornelis Springer^[34]
Native language: Dutch^[15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject New York Public Library, Scheepvaartmuseum Wikidataproject, NADD Wikidata project^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 54

ISNI: 0000000066785980
VIAF cluster ID: 69735082
Library of Congress Authorities ID: nr90010449
GND ID: 119262134
AbART person ID: 167820
Art Renewal Center artist ID: 535
Art UK artist ID: springer-cornelis-18171891
Artcyclopedia artist ID: springer_cornelis
Artists of the World ID: 00207952
Artnet artist ID: cornelis-springer
AskArt person ID: 11072124
Athenaeum person ID: 1069

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Benezit ID: B00173827
Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID: 64583641
Boijmans artist ID: 16754
British Museum person or institution ID: 47023
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp00551425
Christie's creator ID: 45491
CollectieGelderland creator ID: 89343272-e33b-9f5d-168d-2fe02f14ce4d, 2cab8eee-6e5f-62b9-a77b-f6fb571a2eff, ee413e32-d6ca-ad5d-ee37-164f34da2f75, c7f9063a-c53a-a017-2044-d599de39d1af, a14a6ddb-5352-507a-9c10-a1fa52ff4d36, 2fc4ae50-aeab-7ef0-df1a-64c50e4dfff2, 0291ccaf-9a22-92e7-7fb1-42379e81fe2c, de3ea8ae-8f2f-512f-9bb1-8d3e59d7c2b4
DBNL author ID: spri019
DDB person (GND) ID: 119262134
Described at URL: www.solisprints.co.uk
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119262134
Europeana entity: agent/base/46384
FAST ID: 271120
Freebase ID: /m/0j3dh87
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID: 991004304359707141
Geni profile ID: 6000000054424479920
Google Arts & Culture entity ID: m0j3dh87
Grove Art Online ID: T080682
HAND ID: 432E-FD03-A0D9-337C-CEF2
ICCD agent ID: 6bcc8ccb99e4d985e34432ea2e4266b1
IdRef ID: 070475911
Invaluable.com person ID: 4n1iof1769
JRC Names ID: 388103
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 119262134
LastDodo-area-ID: 871873
MNBAQ artist ID: 600001228
MutualArt artist ID: 3E854406678E3494
NMVW ID: 38047
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 069943249
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID: 7353
Prabook ID: 2519177
RKDartists ID: 74435
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID: 108027
SBN author ID: USMV974268
SNAC ARK ID: w65467d9
Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID: 6518
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ID: 2518-cornelis-springer
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500024238
Watercolour World artist ID: cornelis-springer
WikiArt ID: cornelis-springer
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJkhMt7X6BYCgwbpRGhj4q
Yale LUX ID: person/c9facf83-cc5a-48f9-96f2-1e86ac519d7d

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🔗 Connections

Has works in the collection 24

Rijksmuseum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Groninger Museum, Frans Hals Museum +16 more

Work location 6

Germany, Amsterdam, Brussels, Brussels, Oosterbeek, Zaltbommel

Occupation 4

painter, draftsperson, lithographer, etcher

Country of citizenship 1

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Educated at 1

Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten

Family name 1

Springer

Given name 1

Cornelis

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Dutch

Movement 1

Romanticism

Native language 1

Dutch

Place of birth 1

Amsterdam

Place of death 1

Hilversum

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Cornelis Springer was born on May 25, 1817^[1], in Amsterdam^[2]. He died on February 18, 1891^[3], in Hilversum^[4]. He worked as a painter^[5], watercolorist^[6], draftsperson^[7], etcher^[8], and lithographer^[9].

FAQs

Where was Cornelis Springer born?

Cornelis Springer's place of birth was Amsterdam^[2].

Where did Cornelis Springer die?

Cornelis Springer died in Hilversum^[4].

What did Cornelis Springer do for work?

Cornelis Springer worked as a painter^[5], watercolorist^[6], draftsperson^[7], etcher^[8], and lithographer^[9].

Where did Cornelis Springer go to school?

Cornelis Springer was educated at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten^[16].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Cornelis Springer — place of birth (P19): Amsterdam. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Cornelis Springer — place of death (P20): Hilversum. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Cornelis Springer — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-06-23. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Cornelis Springer — country of citizenship (P27): Kingdom of the Netherlands. Nieuwe Instituut Collectieplatform. Retrieved 2025-11-05. collectie.nieuweinstituut.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Cornelis Springer — educated at (P69): Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Cornelis Springer — native language (P103): Dutch. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Cornelis Springer — occupation (P106): painter. Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved 2019-05-14. collectiegelderland.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Cornelis Springer — occupation (P106): watercolorist. RKDartists. Retrieved 2025-12-10. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Cornelis Springer — occupation (P106): draftsperson. RKDartists. Retrieved 2025-12-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Cornelis Springer — occupation (P106): etcher. RKDartists. Retrieved 2025-12-10. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Cornelis Springer — occupation (P106): lithographer. RKDartists. Retrieved 2025-12-11. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Cornelis Springer — movement (P135): Romanticism. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Cornelis Springer — date of birth (P569): May 25, 1817. RKDartists. Retrieved 2017-08-23. collectie.nieuweinstituut.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Cornelis Springer — date of birth (P569): 1817. NMVW-collection website. Retrieved 2020-01-16. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Cornelis Springer — date of death (P570): February 18, 1891. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Retrieved 2017-10-09. collectie.nieuweinstituut.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Cornelis Springer — date of death (P570): 1891. NMVW-collection website. Retrieved 2020-01-16. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Cornelis Springer — date of death (P570): February 20, 1891. Artists of the World. Retrieved 2025-09-04. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Cornelis Springer — date of death (P570): December 18, 1891. Artists of the World. Retrieved 2025-09-04. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Cornelis Springer — family name (P734): Springer. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Cornelis Springer — given name (P735): Cornelis. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Cornelis Springer — notable work (P800): The Zuiderhavendijk, Enkhuizen. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Cornelis Springer — notable work (P800): View of The Hague from the Delftse Vaart in the 17th Century. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Cornelis Springer — notable work (P800): View of The Hague. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Cornelis Springer — work location (P937): Amsterdam. RKDartists. Retrieved 2018-03-03. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Cornelis Springer — work location (P937): Oosterbeek. RKDartists. Retrieved 2018-03-03. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Cornelis Springer — work location (P937): Brussels. RKDartists. Retrieved 2018-03-03. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Cornelis Springer — work location (P937): Germany. RKDartists. Retrieved 2018-03-03. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Cornelis Springer — work location (P937): Zaltbommel. collectiegelderland.nl. Retrieved 2021-03-14. collectiegelderland.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Cornelis Springer — student of (P1066): Jacobus van der Stok. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Cornelis Springer — student of (P1066): Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Cornelis Springer — depicted by (P1299): Self-portrait as a kindle-wood gatherer. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Cornelis Springer — described by source (P1343): Paintings of the nineteenth century: contribution to the history of art. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Cornelis Springer — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Dutch. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Cornelis Springer — name in native language (P1559): Cornelis Springer. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Cornelis Springer — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Cornelis Springer — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject New York Public Library. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Cornelis Springer — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): Scheepvaartmuseum Wikidataproject. Retrieved 2025-02-12. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Cornelis Springer — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): NADD Wikidata project. Nieuwe Instituut Collectieplatform. Retrieved 2025-11-04. keramischmuseumgoedewaagen.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Cornelis Springer — has works in the collection (P6379): Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Cornelis Springer — has works in the collection (P6379): Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. collections.mnbaq.org. Retrieved 2024-03-09. wikidata.org.

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Name in native language → Cornelis Springer

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Student of → Jacobus van der Stok, Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate

Occupation → painter, watercolorist, draftsperson +1

On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject New York Public Library, Scheepvaartmuseum Wikidataproject +1

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