Cornelis Springer (Amsterdam, 25 May 1817 – Hilversum, 20 February 1891) was a Dutch 19th-century cityscape painter.^[1][2]

Born inAmsterdam, he was a pupil of his father, the carpenter Willem Springer (1778–1857). He was a pupil of the paintersHendrik Gerrit ten Cate,Kasparus Karsen, andJacobus van der Stok.^[3] He became a member of the Amsterdam painters collectiveFelix Meritis and won a gold medal for a painting of a church interior in 1847.^[3] He is known for watercolors, etchings, and drawings, especially of city views and town scenes that he sketched while traveling around the country.^[3] He was awarded theLeopold order of Belgium in 1865, and in 1878 he was invited withJozef Israëls to advise the Dutch Ministry of Public Affairs on the plans for theRijksmuseum.^[3]

Springer died inHilversum in 1891.

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  Grote of Sint-Michaëlskerk inZwolle (1862)
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  Sint-Maartenskerk,Zaltbommel
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  Lübeck Town Hall (1885)
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  Harbor ofMiddelburg (1859),Teylers Museum
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  The "Atheneum Illustre" on theOudezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam (1879), Teylers Museum

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