| Commentary | Jasper de Potter (1621-1696) was the son of Abraham de Potter (I) (c.1593-1650), an Amsterdam silk merchant who lived in the Nes. Abraham de Potter I was the uncle of Jasper Bagelaer who signed a pre-nuptial contract with Geertruda Karremans on 11 March 1647. Jasper Bagelaer on this occasion was accompanied by his uncle (by marriage) Jean Dalij (Dailly) and by his brother Jan Bagelaer. On Jasper's younger brother, Abraham de Potter II (1624-1691), see below. Jan Bagelaer (Baguelaer) was portrayed in a group of regents, attributed to Thomas de Keyser (with Jean Hochepied, Abel de Heripon, of R 20454 of Montias2, and Esaias Casteleijn, cited in the NOTES to R 30817 of Montias2) in 1631 (see NOTES to R 20454 of Montias2). He was said to be 23 years old and to be a caffa worker when he married Maria de Potter, the daughter of Abraham de Potter I, on 13 February 1611. Later, Jean Baguelaer became a dealer in silk cloth. On 17 April 1629, he remarried with Abigael Ottens. Geertruda Karremans was the daughter of Trijntje Lenarts and Herman Karremans. She was assisted also by the honorable Jan Karremans and Lambert Valckenburgh, her uncles (NA 988, act 49, Not. J. Bosch). Jean Daillij was a caffa worker, born about 1605. He was betrothed to Susanna de Potter, another daughter of Jasper de Potter and of Sara Sauchelle, and a sister of Abraham de Potter II, on 30 January 1630 (Van Kretschmar in Jaarboek C.G.G. 19(1965), p.165). He was regent of the WK Weeshuis several years between 1639 and 1662. He was buried in the W.K. on 19 September 1665. Jasper de Potter and Sara Sauchelle were godparents of Carel Fabritius's younger brother Johannes at his baptism in 1636 in Midden-Beemster. Jasper de Potter lent Carel Fabritius 620 f. on 1 October 1647. According to Christopher Brown (Carel Fabritius, 1981, p. 122), Carel Fabritius may have painted the portrait of Abraham de Potter I (now in the Rijksmuseum) in 1649 (the date inscribed on the picture) in appreciation of this loan. The loan was still outstanding in 1653, by which time it had increased (with interest) to 728 f. Jasper's younger brother, Abraham de Potter II (1626-1691), brought a lawsuit to obtain a painting by Fabritius and Daniel Vosmaer in 1666 (Brown, loc. cit.) On Abraham de Potter II's insolvent inventory, see INVNO 1359. |
