Lot Essay
For the collecting activities of Sir William Lowther, see F. Russell, Thomas Patch, Sir William Lowther and the Holker Claude, Apollo, 102, 1975, pp. 115-9
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The Property of
THE TRUSTEES OF THE HOLKER ESTATES
Abraham Jansz. Storck (c. 1635-after1704)
Details
Abraham Jansz. Storck (c. 1635-after1704)
A Mediterranean Port with Merchants, Gentlefolk and Stevedores on a Quayside
signed and dated 'A:Storck/Fecit A 1678.'
27 7/8 x 33 3/8in. (71 x 84.8cm.)
A Mediterranean Port with Merchants, Gentlefolk and Stevedores on a Quayside
signed and dated 'A:Storck/Fecit A 1678.'
27 7/8 x 33 3/8in. (71 x 84.8cm.)
Provenance
Purchased by Sir William Lowther, 3rd Bt. (1727-1756; posthumous list of pictures in his London house, no. 51), and by inheritance at Holker through his cousin Lord George Augustus Cavendish (d.1794) and the latter's nephew George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (1754-1834).