The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Meldert, Pieter van		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	184
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	1202, film 1325, fol.270 - 286
Date	1653/10/01
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	inventory drawn up after Maria Le Febure's death on behalf of the children
Family Name	Meldert
Owner Name	Meldert, Pieter van
Owner Notes	and his late wife Maria Le Febure (whose first husband was Isaac de Jouderville)
Life Dates	1619 |d aft. 1653 |n Melder
Marriage Date	1648/06/25
Type of Ceremony	K (Reformed Church)
Occupation	Retail merchant |a Art dealer
Residence	Op de zyde van de Prince Gracht in Amsterdam
Religion	Reformed
Introduction	Inventaris van de goederen van Pieter van Meldert ende Maria Le Febure sijne overleden huijsvrouw ..., beschreven ende geynventariseert ... ten versoecke van den voornoemde Pieter van Meldert ten behoeve van zijne twee kinderen by de voorn. sijne huysvrouwe geprocreert mitsgaders Maria Hobell ende Jacob Jouderville voorkinderen van de voorn. Maria Le Febure ten bywesen van Hans van Soest als aengehoude neef ende Abraham Wys goede bekende van de overleden. Postscriptum: Aldus gedaen ende beschreven binnen Amsterdam ten huyse van den voorn. Pieter van Meldert ... in presentie van Jan de Vos de Jonge ende Johannes Dorstman den eersten tweeden ende derden Octobris 1653. Van Meldert promised to keep nothing hidden and to amplify the inventory if anything of profit to the estate came to light.
Commentary	On 25 July 1648, Pieter de Melder, from Amsterdam, glassmaker, 29 years old, living on the Oostermarckt, no living parents, assisted by his guardian Dirck Grijp, was betrothed to Maria le Febre, from Amsterdam, 29, widow of IJsaack Jouderville, living as above (DTB 466/42). Dirck Grijp, the presumed son of the notary of the same name, was a buyer at Orphan Chamber auction (R 25116 of Montias2). Isaack Jouderville (1612-bet.1645 and 1648) was a Rembrandt pupil. Pieter de Melder was first a glassmaker and later an art dealer. Dirck Grijp was probably the engraver of that name (of R 25116). Among the debts owed to the estate: Bartholomeus van de Helst 31 f. 11 st., Simon de Vlieger 15 f. 6 st. , Claes Outhuysen 3 f. 4 st., Steven van Goor 6 f. 2 st., Hendrick Mombers tot Haarlem 138 f. 5 st., de Jonge Beecker 26 f., Hermanus Nauwingh tot Hamburgh 5 f. 14 st. , Johannes Lingelbach 19 st., Marten Switzer (Kretser ?) 7 f., Jan Looten 20 f. 3 st., Hendrik Ulenburgh 105 f. 10 st., Johannes de Renialme 4 f. 12 st., the son of the heer schepen Dr. Tulp 14 f. 15 st., Johannes Victor 9 f. 19 st., Paulus Henneken 3 f. 19 st., Willem van de Velde 2 f. 16 st., Simon Luttichuysen 5 f. 12 st., Ferdinandus de Bos (Bol ?) 1 f. 2 st., Sr. Stockade 1 f.. In addition, schulden die voor quaet gehouden werden: Jacob Coningh 14 f. 15 st., Kamphuijsen schilder 14 f. 5 st., de knecht van Camphuijsen 11 f. 8 st., Mr. Schendel 5 f. 11 st.. Uijtschulden : Jannetje wonende tot Dordrecht moet hebben van speldewerck van haer gekocht 270 f. 19 st., Agnietje van Dalm ibid 159 f. 11 st., Johannes Boot ter saecke als vooren 269 f., Teunis Teunisz. van Bronckhorst moet hebben van geleverde lysten 28 f. 1 st., Philips Wouwerman schilder moet hebben 64 f., Job Bercheyden schilder moet hebben [left blank]. After the death of Maria le Febre, Pieter Meldert explained, in a declaration of 3 December 1653, that, after the liquidation of his goods, he was not able to support the three children of Maria le Febre, procreated by Isaac de Sjouderville, nor his own two children. He was only left with assets that amounted to his contribution to the marriage. Nevertheless, he was ready, out of his good heart, to support Jacob Siouderville, to have him live in his home and to feed and clothe him until he became 18 years old (Bredius, op.cit. p. 1965).
Notary	Jan de Vos
# of Items	86
Montias1 #	104