signed and dated 'C Springer 1863' (lower left); signed, dated and authenticated 'Le soussigné déclare par ici que/ce tableau representant une partie/de la cathedrale de Gouda/Prov./de la Hollande meridionale Pays Bas/est peint par lui/C Springer' (on a handwritten label attached to the stretcher); the artist's wax seal with initials 'CS' (on the handwritten label)

oil on canvas, 57,5x45 cm

Literature:
-Willem Laanstra, 'Cornelis Springer (1817-1891)', Utrecht 1984, ill. p. 141, no. 63-14.
-Willem Laanstra, 'Cornelis Springer, geschilderde steden', Amsterdam 1994, ill. p. 53.

Provenance:
-Acquired directly from the artist by Mr J.D. Dreyer, Bremen, 14 July 1863, for 350,- Dfl.
-Auction, Sotheby's, New York, 10 October 1973, lot 21.
-Auction, Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 20 May 1974, lot 95.
-Auction, Christie's, London, 7 May 1976, lot 72.
-With Kunsthandel Goylant, Bussum, 1987.
-With Kunsthandel Gebr. Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam/London, 1988.
-Private collection, the Netherlands.