The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Cop, Aert		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	1303
Call Number	NA 255, fol. 117vo. and foll.
Date	1621/07/16
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	death inventory
Family Name	Cop
Owner Name	Cop, Aert
Occupation	Merchant (largescale) |a Wine, brandy
Residence	Amsterdam
Introduction	Inventaris van de meublen ende huijsraedt mitsgaders de wynen berustende ten huyse van Aert Cop wyncoper binnen deser stede. Postscript: Aldus geinventariseert by my Jacob Meerhout Not. Publ. .. ten overstaen van den E. Jacob Bicker mitsgaders ... crediteuren van den voorn. Aert Cop, actum in Amsterdam den 16en juli 1621.
Commentary	Given that there were no musical instruments at all among the movable goods of Aert Cop of the present inventory, that he was a full-fledged wine dealer, and that the lute player Artus Cop would have had to be born in 1540 at the latest, it is apparent that the owner of the goods was Aert (or Arent) Cop II, one of the three sons of Nicolaes Cop I of R 30624 of Montias2, and not their grandfather the lute player Artus Cop I. In the 1612 testament of Nicolaes Cop I and Elisabeth Aerts Burlon, Arent Cop (II), probably the owner of the goods in the present inventory, and the painter Nicolaes Cop II were both left 3,600 f. Since Gerrit Cop, the third son of the couple, was still alive (see the deposition dated 23 October 1621 in the NOTES to R 30624 of Montias 2), it is not clear what portion he received of the inheritance. It should be noted that one of the paintings in the present inventory was said to belong to Hendrick Keyn, bode to Antwerp, who was involved in the transaction with Rubens cited in the NOTES to R 30624. Aert Cop II was married to Koniertie Wouters, who presumably predeceased him. The principal creditor with a claim on the present inventory was Jacob Bicker, who is likely to be identical with Jacob Bicker Jacobsz. (1589-1626), who was a member of the Vroedschap in 1625 and 1626 (Elias, Vroedschap, p. 359). The names of the other creditors were illegible in microfilm.
Notary	Jacob Meerhout
# of Items	46
Montias1 #	1224