CORNELISZ. VAN HAARLEM, CORNELIS
Inv#.Lot825.0011
Artist NameMr. Cornelis
Authority NameCORNELISZ. VAN HAARLEM, CORNELIS
Qualifier(copy after)
Artist ActiveHaarlem |a 1583-1638
Verbatim Entryno.180 een Mopsus copy nae Mr. Cornelis f 8:--:--
TitleMopsus
Title ModifierThe seer Mopsos, taught by Apollo, gave Jason the advice to conciliate the Mother of Goddesses to save the Argonauts from drowning by flood.
Montias SubjectMYTHOLOGY
Object Typepainting
Value8.0 |t gulden
BuyerCornelis Martsen bossecruijtmaecker
Buyer FamilyMartsen (Martsz), Cornelis (bossecruijtmaecker) (Pronck)
Buyer NotesOn 16 February 1627, Joris Adriaensz. and Cornelis Martsz., both merchants and makers of gun powder, declared at the request of Elias Trip, that the gun powder made in Amsterdam was sold for cash at 57 gulden per hundred from May to June 1626, for 57 f. from June to August 1626, and for 59 f. 10 st. from August to this day (Van Dillen, Bronnen tot de geschiedenis van het bedrijfsleven R.G.P. 78(1933), p. 621). In a declaration of 11 May 1635, Cornelis Martsz. Pronck (who was said to be a dealer in sulphur and must surely be our buyer, since he made gun powder) declared that he was 61 years old. The other deponent was Abraham de Lingne of R 21482 (NA 695A, film 4981, Not. J. Warnaerts). This age was confirmed one year later, on 8 May 1636, when he was said to be 62 in a deposition concerning dolphins made at the request of skipper Claes Jansz. Tymes (NA 695A, film 4981). In a declaration of 3 September 1630, he stated that he had sold powder many times to the city and to the W.O.C. and the V.O.C. (Van Dillen, op. cit. p. 728). In this last declaration he was joined by Albert Cuyper, who was also a powder maker. From the following document, it emerges that Albert Cuyper was his son-in-law. When Cornelis Martsz. Pronck and his wife Vrouwtie Jans made out their will on 18 August 1635, they left some of their possessions to Cornelis Albertsz. and Vrouwtgen Alberts, children of Albert Cuijper, procreated by his (Cornelis Pronck's) daughter Neeltgen (Cornelia) Cornelis. The inscription Cornelia Pronck on the back of a portrait of Rembrandt, signed and dated 1633, where the sitter was said to be 33 years old, enabled Isabella van Eeghen to identify the double portrait of Albert Cuijper and his wife Cornelia, whom he married in 1622. She died in Alkmaar in 1666. The portrait of Albert Cuijper, also signed and dated 1632, carried the inscription Ae[tatis] 47. He was thus born in 1585 (Strauss,Rembrandt Documents, pp. 119-120.) Albert Cuyper and Cornelis Martsz. are listed next to each other in the 1631 tax kohier, both living on the Singel. The former paid 20 f. and the latter 125 f. (fol. 56 vo., p. 14). On 2 February 1635, Albert Cuyper was said to be one of the aelmoezeniers (provisioners of the poor), along with Jan van Hartochvelt, Pieter Willemsz. Hooft, and Garbrant Boelensz. (NA 1184, Not. J. de Vos). He was almost certainly Roman Catholic (Maandblad Amstelodamum 45(1958), p. 450. On 6 July 1634 (following up on an earlier deposition of 29 June made by the same witnesses at the request of the merchant Adriaen Woutersz.), Hendrick Cornelisz., 48, and Lambert Princen (perhaps of R 23614), both merchants, declared at the request of the honorable Cornelis Martsen and Albert Cuyper, likewise merchants, that they had bought 37 vats of talcum from Martsen and Cuyper, which was of inferior quality. They had paid 14 f. per hundred pounds, compared to 16 f. per hundred for qood talcum (NA 694B, film 4980, Not. J. Warnaerts). On 8, 9, and 10 August 1636, on behalf of Hendrick Gerards and three other individuals, a notary insinuated Abraham Anthonisz. (of R 20033) on behalf of Cornelis Martsz. regarding some lands in Diememeer that he, Abraham Anthonisz., had bought at auction in 1635. Abraham Anthonisz. had not conformed himself to the auction rules (he apparently had not paid on time) (NA 889, film 595). On 9 March 1637, Rensgen Cornelis, spinster, living in Haarlem, assisted by her neef and guardian Cornelis Martsz. Pronck, on the one hand, and Cornelis Jansz. van Aecker, on the other, declared that they were children of Jannetge Blaeulaecken, their mother (NA 991, film 1221, Not. J. Bosch). On 7 February 1637, a notary insinuated Barthout Sael (of R 27228) on behalf of Cornelis Martsz. Pronck, claiming that he, Pronck, had sold a part of a ship to Sael for 490 f., which Sael had failed to pay for. The ship part came from the estate of Pieter Laurensz. Spiegel of R 7612, also cited below (NA 890, film 595). On 20 February 1637, Jan Betse Rodenburch, bookkeeper in the Wisselbank (the brother of Cornelis Betsen of R 23411), 54, and Abraham Pietersz. Croock, 39, declared at the request of Claes Cornelisz. Pronck (the son of the buyer) that Claes Pronck was a citizen of Amsterdam. Claes Cornelisz. Pronck, 38, and Gerrit Vosch, 28, further declared that 71 barrels (tonnen) of linseed had been loaded on Pronck's behalf on a ship in the name of his master Balthasar Haften (of INVNO 229) (NA 890, film 595, Not. van Zwieten). Abraham Pietersz. Croock owned a gunpowder mill and a warehouse on the Heiligeweg across the Pestbrug. He was probably the brother of the painter Thys Pietersz. Croock cited in the NOTES to R 20166. Abraham Croock died before 4 March 1669 when his widow, Immetje Joris, was said to still own the mill. His son Jacob Croock continued to operate the mill, renting a fourth part of it from his mother Immetje Joris. His brother Abraham (II) also rented a part of the mill. He owed his mother 44,483 f. for equipment and loans; Jacob owed her 10,956 f. In a document of 28 September 1671, Immetje Joris, widow and custodian of the estate of Abraham Pietersz. Croock, was named Emerentia Fuick (Van Dillen, Bronnen tot de geschiedenis van het bedrijfsleven 144(1974), pp. 798, 831-2 and 841). On 1 December 1637, the honorable Cornelis Martsen Pronck, 63, and Abraham Pietersz. Croock, 40, both merchants, made a deposition at the request of Hendrick van Willingen, commissary of war ammunition, concerning the saltpeter used in making powder and powder makers in Delft. The famous art collector and tax receiver of Delft Boudewijn de Man was cited in the deposition (NA 695B, film 4982). On 31 December 1637, Cornelis Martsz. Pronck sold to Paolo de Willem (I, the father of Paolo de Willem de jonge of INVNO 197) a house on the Conincxgracht where he was living. The house was called de eendracht (ibid.) On 19 April 1638, the honorable Neltge Cornelis, widow of Albert Cuijper, lying sick in bed, drew up her testament. She excluded the Orphan Chamber from any oversight on the estate. She named Cornelis Martsz. Pronck and her brother Marten Cornelisz. Pronck as guardians of her children (NA 866, Not. van Zwieten). It is possible but by no means certain that Cornelis Martsz. who sold half the brewery De Os on 1 May 1624, is also our buyer (Van Dillen, Bronnen, loc.cit. supra, pp. 531-2). Cornelis Martsz. Pronck was Roman Catholic. In 1641, he bought a piece of land in the Jordan (in today's Tuinstraat) which he used to found a (R.C.) institution for spinsters and old women. After he was buried in the O.K. on 22 December 1644 (DTB 1046/36), his son Jan took over the Hofje which was almost ready. A painting of a crucifixion by H.C. been (unidentified), which hung in the Hofje, survived (Schillemans, Bijbelschilderkunst rond Rembrandt, 1989, pp. 28-9). Claes Cornelisz. Pronck was the swager of Pieter Laurensz. (Spiegel) (De briefwisseling van Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, vol. 2, p. 668). On 13 February 1636, he was interrogated at the request of Dr. Nicolaes Fonteyn (of R 19445) regarding an obligation issued by his father-in-law Pieter Laurensz. Spiegel, which his (Claes's) wife had said she would pay (NA 889, film 595, Not. van Zwieten). According to a procuration dated 23 January 1637, His son Jan Pronck was involved in a case before the Commissary for Marriage Affairs contra Jannetje Blyenberch, the niece of Jacob Cornelisz. Blyenberch of R 32606. Toward the end of January (exact date illegible), Jan was summoned to appear before the commissioners before 8 days (NA 996, film 1226, Not. Coren). Another son, named Maerten Pronck, also became a maker of gun powder (Van Dillen, Bronnen tot de geschiedenis van het bedrijfsleven 144(1974), p. 530).
Buyer OccupationMerchant (largescale) |a Other
Montias2 Record32466

Source Information  

ArchiveGemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call NumberWK 5073/951
TypeOrphan Chamber
Inventory Number825
Lot Number0011
Inventory Date1625/05/13
Owner NameVoort, Cornelis van der
Purposeauction