The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Busschaert, Paulus		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	1297
Call Number	NA 567
Date	1620/09/25
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	death inventory
Family Name	Busschaert
Owner Name	Busschaert, Paulus
Life Dates	? |d 1620
Occupation	Merchant (largescale)
Residence	Op de Oost Indische Kaij at the the sign of the Kopere booch in Amsterdam
Religion	probably Lutheran
Introduction	Specificatie van de goederen ende imboel nagelaten by Paulus Busschaert in sijn leven coopman in deser stede sulcx hy de selve door sijn doot deser werelt ontruymt heeft. Postscript: Aldus geinventariseert ende gespecificeert in Amstelredam ten huyse van de voors. Paulus Busschaert, gestaen op de Oost Indische Kaij genaemt de kopere booch ter presentie van David Petaen van Antwerp, inwoonder, end Jan Dircksz. poorter deser stede. Among the notes to the inventory: Een donatie van 9,000 f. gedaen by Paulus Bosschaert aen Juffr. Catharina van Solt, de suster van zijn overleden huysvrou in dato 10 September 1620.
Commentary	The brothers Hendrick and Wouter Bosschaert were both from South Netherlands (Gent or Antwerp). (A note in the present inventory cites an accounting concerning Johannes Andriesz. Bosschaert in Antwerp from uncle Bosschaert). Hendrick Bosschaert was married to Catrijn le Maire, the daughter of Adam le Maire, the son of Jacques le Maire, an important overseas trader (Wijnroks, Handel tussen Rusland en de Nederlanden 1560-1640, p.98). There were two men named Paulus Bosschaert in the next generation, one was the merchant Paulus Hendricksz. Bosschaert (or Busschaert) of the present inventory, who died in 1620, and the other, his cousin, the cake baker Paulus Woutersz. Bosschaert of R 27456 of Montias2. It appears from a note to the INTRO that Paulus Hendricksz. Bosschaert was married to the sister of Catharina van Solt, who died before him. Note the portrait of Wouter Bosschaert and his wife in the inventory. Catharina van Solt, married to Abraham Seewens, was the daughter of Hans van Sol(d)t I of R 29281 of Montias2. The portraits of Melanchton and Luther in the inventory suggest that Paulus Hendricksz. was Lutheran.
Notary	Lamberti
# of Items	42
Montias1 #	1216