The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Voets, Eva		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	168
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	1267
Date	1648/05/05
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Purpose	death inventory
Family Name	Voets
Owner Name	Voets, Eva
Owner Notes	widow of Zacharias Hooftman (1605-1648/01/12)
Life Dates	1616/02/25 |d 1653/01/22
Marriage Date	1637/02/10
Type of Ceremony	K (Reformed Church)
Occupation	Merchant (largescale)
Residence	Op de heeregracht in St. Bavo in Amsterdam
Religion	Calvinist
Introduction	Inventaris van de goederen bevonden int sterffhuijs van za. Eva Voets weduwe wijlen Zacharias Hooftman overleden op de Heeregracht in St. Bavo waerom de meeste meuble goederen sijn gekomen aen den voors. Zacharias Hooftman volgens den inventaris daervan onder de handt van Juffr. Voets weduwe Hooftman neffens de voogde gemaeckt op den 5-en Meij 1648 tot Haarlem als mede van de meuble goederen gekomen uijt den sterfhuijs van haer vader d'heer Henrick Voet aldaer gebracht mitsgaders eenige meublen berustende ten huise van Sr. Lambert Leyssen mede metten boel van Zacharias Hooftman uytten name ende van wegen d'eer. Abraham Alewijn ende Jan Fonteijne voogden over de naegelaten kinderen wijlen Juffr. Voet voorn.
Commentary	Zacharias Hooftman, born in Haarlem in 1605, died on 12 January 1648. He was a merchant on the Heeregracht and owned with his brother Andries a hoftstede near Haarlem. He married Eva Voet on 10 February 1637. She was born on 25 February 1616 and died on 22 January 1653, Eva was the daughter of Hendrick Voet (cited in the NOTES to R 20357) and of Anna van Munster (Elias, Vroedschap van Amsterdam, p.503). Abraham Alewijn, cited in the INTRO, was a buyer at R 25547 of Montias2. Alewijn was the brother-in-law of Jan Fonteijne (of R 8357), likewise cited in the INTRO. Among the books in the inventory: A bible printed in Cologne and a history by Triglandius. It may be noted that half the attributions in the Voets inventory were to painters, like Hendrick Pot, who spent at least part of their career in Haarlem.
Notary	Pieter Barcman
# of Items	88
Montias1 #	84