The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Meer, Anna van der		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	1173
Call Number	NA 2408, film 2550, fol. 40 and foll.
Date	1652/03/01
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	inventory of goods brought to marriage by the forthcoming bride
Family Name	Meer
Owner Name	Meer, Anna van der
Owner Notes	widow of Jan Maes, goods brought to her forthcoming marriage with Paulus Heemskerck
Occupation	Food preparation |a Baker, pastry cook
Residence	Op de Nieuwendijck op de hoeck van de houwenaersteegh in Amsterdam
Introduction	Inventaris ende specificatie van allen den huijsraet, imboel, klederen ende juwelen die Anna van der Meer, weduwe van wijlen Jan Maes koeckebacker, aen Paulus Heemskerck tabackhandelaer, toekomende bruijdegom, in huwelijck kerght, sijnde getaxeert ten huijse van Anna van der Meer door Anna van der Meer door Annetje Hendricx ende Lysbet Martens [crossed out: Susanna Anthonis] gesworen taxeersters deser stede tot alsulcke prijse as volcht. Postcript: Aldus gespecificeert ten huijse van haer Anna van der Meer op de Nieuwendijck op de hoeck van de houwenaersteegh binnen deser stede ... by my Jacob de Winter notaris ... desen negen en twintichsten february ende de eersten maert 1652 ter presentie van Cornelis Heijnen, Hendrick Pietersz. ende Dirck Pietersz. als getuijgen hier overgestaen. Postscript: Aldus gedaen ten huijse van Anna der Meer ter presentie van Hendrick Pietersz. ende Abraham Coop van Groen als getuijgen her overgestaen.
Commentary	The (ex ?) cake baker Jan Maes, who was formerly married to Anna van der Meer, is not identical with Jan Maes, married to Trijntgen Pieters, of INVNO 744. It is not clear which of the two (if not a third), living on the Rockin, paid a tax of 30 f. in 1631 (Kohier fol. 251, p. 57). Paulus (van) Heemskerck was a rich tobacco merchant. He seems to be identical with Paulus van Beest van Heemskerck who freighted ships in company with Pieter Hulft of R 31228 of Montias2. Paulus van Heemskerck signed the Remonstrant petition of 1631. He was probably related to the wealthy widow Machtelt van Beest van Heemskerck who lived in Delft next to the house of Maria Thins, the mother-in-law of Vermeer.
Notary	J. de Winter
Appraiser	Annetje Hendricx and Lysbet Martens
Total Value	6249 |d 8 stuivers
Art Value	203 |d gulden
Book Value	72 |d
# of Items	37
Montias1 #	1090