ABRAHAM JANSZ STORCK (DUTCH, C. 1635-1708)
Saint Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace
pen ink wash
signed 'A. Stock' (lower left), titled 'St Marco te Venetia' (upper centre), further signed 'A. Stork' (on the mount)
15.5 x 10 cm. (6 x 4 in.)

Provenance
With William Derry, Fine Art Dealers, 99/101 Plein Street, Cape Town, Ref No. 2213.

The present work is likely a derivative and preparatory sketch for a known oil painting titled 'A capriccio of Venice, with Saint Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace' and signed 'A Storck Fecit' (lower right), offered in an Anonymous sale at Leo Spik (Berlin), 11 November 1965 (lot 224), and Sothebys (London), Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale, 9 July 2015 (lot 197).