Jacobus Storck (8 September 1641 – c.1700) was a Dutch Golden Age marine painter.

Biography

Storck was born and died in

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. According to Houbraken he was the brother of the marine painter

Abraham Storck Abraham Storck (or Sturckenburch) (bapt. 17 April 1644 in Amsterdam – buried 8 April 1708), was a Dutch painter, who enjoyed a reputation for his marine paintings, topographical views and Italianate harbour scenes.

who painted views of the

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and inland ships, but who was not as gifted.Abraham Storck Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the

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According to the RKD he was the second son of the marine painter Johannes Sturckenburgh, younger brother of the marine painter Johannes Storck and older brother of Abraham.Jacobus Storck
in the

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Signed works by him are dated 1664-1687. He sometimes signed ''JA Storck'', which since 1963 has been interpreted as a work by both Jacobus and Abraham together.View of the Haringpakkerstoren
in the RKD

References

Another view of the Lutheran church
in the collection of the

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Jacobus Storck
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