The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Bleu, Jan de		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	1122
Call Number	695A, film 4981
Date	1635/04/28
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	unknown
Family Name	Bleu
Owner Name	Bleu, Jan de
Life Dates	1580 |d aft. 1637; 1607/01/05
Marriage Date	1628/09/25
Type of Ceremony	K
Occupation	Retail merchant |a Apothecary, drogist
Residence	In de Vergulde Paert in the Warmoesstraet in Amsterdam
Religion	Reformed
Introduction	Inventaris van de huysraet ende goederen van Jan de Bleu, synde als volcht. Postscript: Aldus gedaen ten huyse van Jan de Bleu gestaen in de Warmoesstraet genaemt 't Vergulde Paert ten overstaen van Jacques Verspreet and Cornelia van Meeson, tegenwoordige huysvrouw van de voornoemde le Bleu, die verclaarden sulcx te sijn als de goederen van de voorn. le Bleu, by my Jan Warnaerts Not. den 28 aprilis in Amsterdam.
Commentary	On 5 January 1607, Jean le Bleu, from Wesel, 27, living on Keysersgracht, assisted by his father Francois le Bleu, was betrothed to Hester Jans Verspreet, 18, living op 't Water, assisted by her father Hans Verspreet (DTB 412/139). On 4 November 1607, Jan le Bleu and Hester le Bleu had their son Francois baptized in the O.K. in the presence of Francen le Bleu and Annetken [Verspreet ?] (DTB 4/219). If the name of the witness Annetken (Tanneken ?) Verspreet has been correctly read, she was the sister of Hester Verspreet. When the death inventory of Jean le Bleu's father-in-law Hans Verspreet was taken on 2 April 1627, it was supervised by his son Samuel Verspreet, his son-in-law Isaack Moors (of R 26927) (the husband of his daughter Sara), Jean le Bleu (the husband of his daughter Hester), and Sara Verspreet, together with Pieter van Montfoort and Barent Jansen (of R 20461 ?), who were executors of Hans Verspreet's testament. The other children of Hans Verspreet were Anthoni (of R 25596) and Jacques (cited in the INTRO) (NA 562B, fol. 35). Hester must have died shortly after her father's estate was liquidated in 1626. On 16 November 1628, Hans le Bleu, widower of Hester Verspreet, was betrothed to Cornelia van Mesen, widow of Lenert de Beer (DTB 433/186). Cornelia van Mesen, widow of Lenert de Beer, had signed the Remonstrant petition in the same year 1628. Jean le Bleu, who was also a buyer at auction (R 27639), was the brother of Jacobus le Bleu, student in medicine in 1628. His mother Lenora Venant was the sister of Francoijs Venant de oude (I), the father of the painter Francoijs Venant(II), who was therefore his cousin. The younger Venant became the guardian of Jacobus le Bleu (and most probably of Jean le Bleu as well) after the death of Le Bleu's father. Jean le Bleu paid a tax of 20 f. in 1631, at which time he lived on the Warmoesstraet, near the St. Jansstraet (fol. 208, p. 48). He moved to a house also named 't Gulde Paert on the Lauriersgracht soon after this inventory was taken. On 15 February 1632, Jean le Bleu, drogist, insinuated Gerrit Gerritsz. Worcum, cloth dealer (NA 843, fol. 41, Not. Hoogeboom).
Notary	J. Warnaerts
# of Items	16
Montias1 #	310