Lot 152: Jacobus Storck (Amsterdam 1641-c. 1688)

Jacobus Storck (Amsterdam 1641-c. 1688)
A capriccio of a Mediterranean harbour with a Dutch ship at anchor, a churchyard with a classical column on the embankment, figures descending to the beach the steps of a baroque church
signed and indistinctly dated 'JStorck Fecit 166[?]' ('JS' linked, lower right); and with inventory number '1.3.8. CS' ('CS' linked, on the reverse)
oil on panel
23 5/8 x 32 7/8 in. (60 x 83.4 cm.)
with the red inventory stencil '1.3.8. JS' ('JS' linked) and five Russian red wax seals, including the arms of the Kriukov and Cherkesov families, a civic seal (probably Moscow) and a female profile, possibly of Catherine the Great

Private collection, Russian Empire (see seals on the reverse).
with Robert Noortman, London, 1976.

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.