Lot 154
  • 154

Attributed to Abraham Storck

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Abraham Storck
  • Shipping in a southern port
  • Black chalk;
    bears partially cut inscription, lower right, in black chalk: Willem van de Velde

Provenance

August Artaria (1807-1893; L.33),
his sale, Vienna, Miethke, 12 January 1886, lot 389 (as W. van de Velde, according to inscription, verso)

Catalogue Note

Though most of Storck's known drawings are more precisely executed in pen and wash, possibly as finished works, the subject and composition are very reminiscent of his paintings, so it is possible that this is a less familiar type of drawing by the artist.