| Introduction | Staat ende inventaris der meubele goederen de welcke Juffr. Margareta van Lier eertyts weduwe van Hendrico d'Willem ende nu van Sr. Daniel van Delft heeft overlevert [sic] aende heer Jeronimo d' Willem als vooght van de kinderen van de gemelt Henrico d' Willem om ten behoeve van de selve kinderen publicq vercocht te werden, gemaeckt by my Vincent Swanenburch motaris .... ten overstan en door 't opgeven van de gemelte Juffr. Margareta van Lier der kinderen moeder, gedaen den 10 April a-o 1664 ter presentie van de naerbes. gutuijgen. The paintings in the estate are introduced by the following words (fol. 794): Memorie van de goederen de welcke door Sr. Sari van Lier als procuratie hebbende van Sr. Daniel van Delft ende Margareta van Lier op den 17 ende 26 April 1664 aenden heer Jeronimo d' Willem als vooght van de kinderen van Henrico de Willem op syn ordre overgelevert heeft ten huijse van Sr. David de Willem gebraght syn, wesende als volght Postscript: Aldus geinventariseert ende beschreven door ende ten overstaen als int hooft van dese, ende verclaerde de voorn. Margareta van Lier in dese ter goede trouwe gehandelt te hebben, actum ut supra in presentie van Cornelis Ackerboom ende Herman van de Meulen |
| Commentary | Hendrick (or Hendrico) de Willem (or Wilhem) was the brother of Paolo de Willem of INVNO 197 of 18 March 1654 and of Jeronimo, David, Sara, and Maria de Wilhem, all cited in the INTRO to that inventory (R 115 of Montias1). He married Margareta van Lier, daughter of Jan van Lier and Margareta Nicquet, on 18 November 1659 (see below). Hendrick de Willem was a merchant and freighter of ships, as was his father Paolo de Willem I (Jaarboek C.B.G. 25(1971), p. 149). Margaretha de Nicquet, born in 1599, was the daughter of Jan Nicquet II and the granddaughter of the famous collector Jan Nicquet I (1539-1608), married to Margaretha Bosman of INVNO 539. Jan van Lier was born in Dantzig in 1589 and was buried in Amsterdam on 7 September 1644. He was a merchant in Amsterdam on the Oostindische Kay near 't Ruslandt, in the Soutberch. He may have been the buyer of R 36731 of Montias2 (Elias, Vroedschap van Amsterdam, p. 307). Jeronimo de Willem, the guardian of the children of Margareta van Lier, was the brother of Paolo de Willem II of INVNO 197. He was baptized in Amsterdam on 15 January 1617. He was a merchant, at one time in Venice, but he was also kannunik van Oud Munster in Utrecht. On 3 May 1652, Jeronimo de Willem drew up specifications for raising his house on the Singel by means of screw machines and reconstructing the house. De Willem undertook to pay Frans Martens, who would carry out the extensive work, 5,600 f. (Van Dillen, Bronnen tot de geschiedenis van het bedrijfsleven R.G.P. 144(1974), p. 586). He died unmarried on 14 November 1678 (UJaarboek C.B.G. 25(1971), 149). The goods in this inventory, made at the request of Margaretha van Lier, widow of Hendrick de Willem, and present wife of Daniel van Delft, were supposed to be delivered to Jeronimo de Willem, the guardian of the children of Hendrick de Willem, to be sold on their behalf. Daniel van Delft was the youngest son of Dirck Ariaensz. van Delft of INVNO 509 (TEXT of R 410). |
