Johann Christoph Storer

circa 1620–1671, Constance

As noted by Sandrart, Johann Christoph Storer was initially trained in Constance by his father, the painter Bartholomäus Storer, and then by Caspar Strauss in Augsburg. In about 1640 he moved to Milan, where he worked for Ercole Procaccini the Younger and subsequently opened his own studio. In 1644 he was involved in the decorations in Milan Cathedral for the funeral ceremony of Queen Isabella of Spain and in the years that followed he produced paintings for churches in Milan, Bergamo and Pavia. From 1652 he worked in parallel in Milan and Constance and in 1657 probably returned for good to his native city, where he continued to receive numerous church commissions. Storer’s printed œuvre encompasses no more than eight sheets, most of which are very rare.