Background
His father was the painter January Jansz Sturck (or Johannes Storck) (1603-1673), from Wesel. His mother was Teuntje (Apolonia) Jacobs.
His father was the painter January Jansz Sturck (or Johannes Storck) (1603-1673), from Wesel. His mother was Teuntje (Apolonia) Jacobs.
Storck was an outstanding draughtsman too. The couple married in 1628. Storck had two brothers, who were also painters using the name Sturckenburch until c.
1688 after which they started calling themselves Storck or Sturck.
Around 1666 Storck set up his own workshop producing naval, harbor scenes as well as landscape paintings and city scapes. At the end of his life he lived on Kattenburg near the harbour.