The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Wolters, Joan		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	138
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	2853 fol 273 and foll.
Date	1670/04/04
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	division of estate among heirs
Family Name	Wolters
Owner Name	Wolters, Joan
Owner Notes	widower of Sara de Geer, daughter of Louys de Geer, (1626-1667)
Life Dates	1611 |d 1669/08/28
Marriage Date	1647/08/27
Occupation	Merchant (largescale) |a Spices, East Indies products
Residence	In de Nieuwe Doelenstraet in Amsterdam
Introduction	Inventaris van de huijsraet ende imboedel mitsgaders ongemunt gout silver ende vergulde werck, juwelen en kleijnodien naegelaten en metter doot ontruijmt bij wijlen de heer Joan Wolters in sijn leven coopman hier ter stede Amsterdam soo van de gene in sijn sterfuijs bevonden, beschreven door ordre en opt aengeven van de Heeren Nicolaes Walens, Joost en Reijmondt de Smeth, mede Coopluijden, alhier als testamentaire voogden neffens de Heeren Joan ter Schmetten en Louis de Geer heer van de Rijnhuijsen, daer voor sij in staan en de rato caveren over de minderjarige kinderen van de voorn. Heer Wolters zal. met seclusie van de Ed. Heeren weesmeesteren door mij Dirck Dankertsz. notaris ....ten overstaen van de nagenoemde getuijgen, den 4-en Marty 1670. Postscript: Aldus gedaen ....den 4-en april 1670 in de sterfhuijs.
Commentary	Joan (or Jan) Wolters, born in Bremen in 1611, died in Amsterdam and was buried in the W.K. on 28 August 1669. He dealt in East Indian goods. He lived on the Nieuwe Doelenstaat; on 25 February 1665, he bought two parcels on the Heerengracht to build a double heerenhuis but it was still not built when he died in 1669. Wolters had an account of f. 690,000 at the Wisselbank (Jaarboek Amstelodamum 27(1930), p. 218). He married Sara de Geer on 27 August 1647. Her father was the wealthy merchant and armaments supplier Louys de Geer, Heer van Osterby, etc.. Their son Louis Wolters (1649-1684), merchant on the Heeregracht, married Susanna Maria Walens (1649-1676), daughter of Nicolaes Walens (cited in the INTRO and in the NOTES to R 20599 of Montias2) and of Susanna Latfeur. He remarried with Barbara Wolters Stevensdr., the widow of Raymond de Smeth Joostensz. (of R 23589 of Montias2.) If this information is correct, the guardian named Reijmondt de Smeth in the INTRO to the present inventory cannot be Raymond de Smeth Joostensz., cited above. He may have been the latter's son (see Elias, Vroedschap van Amsterdam, p.516.) Finally, Louis Wolters married Cornelia Quina, who survived him (see the NOTES to R 23589 of Montias2). Cornelia Quina, daughter of Jacob Quina (II), paints dealer, who died before 14 February 1685 when her inventory was drawn up. Her inventory included several paintings by Lambertus de Hue, which were assessed by the painter Steven Voorwinckel (Oud Holland 42(1925), p.152).
Notary	Dirck Danckertsz.
Total Value	6098 |d
Art Value	1670 |d 10 st.
# of Items	91
Montias1 #	46