The Property of a Lady of Title
Abraham Storck
The roads of Enkhuizen on a breezy day, with a man o’war, a ‘boeier’ yacht, a ‘kaag’, a ‘wijdschip’ and other vessels
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The Property of a Lady of Title
Abraham Storck
Amsterdam 1644–1708
The roads of Enkhuizen on a breezy day, with a man o’war, a ‘boeier’ yacht, a ‘kaag’, a ‘wijdschip’ and other vessels
signed lower center on the rowing boat: A: STORCK
oil on canvas
unframed: 67.8 x 99.7 cm.; 26¾ x 39¼ in.
framed: 91 x 123.3 cm.; 35⅞ x 48½ in.
Possibly with Richard Green, London;
From whom acquired by a private collector;
Thence by inheritance to his wife;
By whom anonymously sold, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 1998, lot 10, for £84,000;
Where acquired by the present owner.
A variant of this composition, slightly larger and with minor differences in the sky and horizon, is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.1
1 Inv. no. SK-A-1521; oil on canvas; 86 x 117.5 cm.; https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-1521
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