The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Breenbergh, Bartholomeus		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	1230
Call Number	DBK 5072/357
Date	1652/09/04
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Desolate Boedelskamer
Purpose	Inventory of insolvent individual drawn up at the request of his creditors
Family Name	Breenbergh
Owner Name	Breenbergh, Bartholomeus
Owner Notes	goods found in the house of Anthony and Martin Lundens
Marriage Date	1633/08/27
Type of Ceremony	Pui
Occupation	Artist |a painter
Residence	In Amsterdam
Introduction	Inventaris van de effecten coopmanschappen bevonden in den boedel van Anthony ende Martin Lundens int packhuys genaemt de Schelpadt staende op de Brouwersgracht (mostly oil and ash). De volgende meubelen syn bevonden ten huyse van Bartholomeus Breenbergh als naer de voors. Lundens geloigeert syn geweest. Postscript: Aldus geinventariseert ende beschreven den 29 augusti ende den derden en vierden september (1651).
Commentary	It is very probable that Anthony and Martin Lundens were brothers (or possibly cousins) of the painter Gerrit Lundens, one of whose paintings was recorded in the present inventory. Bartholomeus Breenbergh, born about 1601, was active in Rome from 1619 to 1629 and in Amsterdam from 1633 to 1657. For a deposition that he made in July 1633, see the NOTES to R 27808 of Montias2. In early December 1636 (exact date unreadable), two housemaids of Caspar Pietersz., free wine cellar holder, and Claes [...], servant of the requirant (Breenbergh) testified at the request of Bartholomeus Breenbergh, painter, about an incident involving a man in gray without a mantle that had occurred on November 27 last (NA 949, film 1172, Not. Baddel). On 27 August 1633, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, from Deventer, 33, assisted by his brother Jacob Breenbergh, living on the Oostermarck, no living parents, was betrothed to Rebecca Schellingwou, assisted by her sister Trijntje Schellingwou (DTB 673/36). It is not clear from the text of this inventory whether the Lundens brothers or Breenbergh were (or was) insolvent at this time.
Montias1 #	1148