The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Bort, Thomas		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	1011
Call Number	NA 714, film 5148
Date	1635/01/14
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	inventory drawn up on account of insolvency
Family Name	Bort
Owner Name	Bort, Thomas
Owner Notes	and his wife
Life Dates	1596 |d aft. 1650
Occupation	Merchant (largescale)
Residence	In Amsterdam
Introduction	Inventaris gemaeckt bij deurwaarder Cornelis Molenijser, ten verzoecke van d'erfgenamen van Maria d'Haas ter presentie van ondergeschreven notaris ende getuijgen ende by de heere Schout ende Schepenen deser stede geconformeert van alle de meuble ende winckelwaren van Tomas Bort ende sijn huysvrou ende by d'selve deurwaarder in arreste genomen ende in handen van hoge overigheit gestelt, ende [sijn] de selve bevonden als volcht. Postscript: Aldus gedaen in Amsterdam ter presentie van Cornelis Jacobsz. Brouwer and Dirck Claesz. Brugers den 14 january 1635.
Commentary	Thomas Bort was the son of Willem Bort who died before 4 March 1632 when his widow Josina Thomas named her stepson Thomas Bort to act on her behalf before a court of justice (NA 372, Not. W. Cluyt). On 11 June 1622, Abraham Decker, broker, painter, and art dealer had a dispute with Thomas Berdt (Bort) concerning two rings with diamonds and rubies (Bredius, Künstler-inventare vol. 4, p. 1356). On 25 August 1632, Thomas Bort, 36 years old, made a deposition concerning shares in ships at the request of Cornelis Greuw, English merchant (NA 371, fol. 117). Thomas Bort was first married to Maria de Haes and second to Anneken van Rey, the sister-in-law of the painter Adriaen van Nieulandt. The wife mentioned in the INTRO to this inventory is probably Anneken van Rey. Curiously enough, Thomas Bort went faillit twice, a second time in 1650. For his faillit inventory of 5 May 1650 (with Anneken van Rey), see INVNO 10110. On Maria de Haes and Thomas Bort, see R 27331 of Montias2. On 12 November 1620, Maria de Haes and Jacob van Nieulandt baptized their son Hendrick in the presence of Thomas Bort (Oud Holland 2(1885), p.235).
Notary	Pieter Carels
Art Value	57 |d 7 st.
# of Items	22
Montias1 #	909