Whaling Grounds in the Arctic Ocean, Abraham Storck, 1654 - 1708

Identification

Title(s)

Whaling Grounds in the Arctic Ocean
The whaling grounds

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4102

Inscriptions / marks

signature: ‘A. Storck Fecit’

Description

Walvisvangst. Drie Hollandse walvisvaarders in de Poolzee tussen ijsbergen waar op walvissen wordt gejaagd. Het schip rechts draagt de naam 'De Jonas' op de spiegel. Rechts in de verte de bergen van een eiland. Op de voorgrond jaagt de bemanning van enkele sloepen op ijsberen. In het water bevinden zich ook enkele walrussen.

Creation

Artist

painter: Abraham Storck

Dating

1654 - 1708

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 50.5 cm × width 66.5 cm
depth 6 cm

Subject

What

When

1650 - 1700

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Jul-1964

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; ? sale, sir Richard Williams Bulkeley et al. [section ‘The Trustees of captain R.A. Ogilby, deceased, late of Pellipar House, co. Londonderry’], London, 28 April 1922, no. 106, 84 pounds or gns, to ?Nason;{Copy RKD.} …; sale, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert James Leslie Ogilby (1880-1964, London) London (Sotheby’s), 8 July 1964, no. 17, fl. 16,078.95, to the museum

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Het Rijks aan de IJssel : maritieme schilderijen en prenten = maritime paintings and prints, Jeroen van der Vliet, p. 18-19 (afb.)
Aanwinsten : 1 november 1963 - 1 november 1964, p. 105, afb. 13

Persistent URL

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