The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Haeften, Baltasar van		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	229
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	1496
Date	1640/12/19
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Purpose	assessment at owner's request
Family Name	Haeften
Owner Name	Haeften, Baltasar van
Occupation	Merchant (largescale)
Residence	Op de Keysersgraft in Amsterdam
Religion	Reformed
Introduction	Inventaris ende beschryvingh van de meubelen ende huysraet aencomende Sieur Baltasar van Haeften coopman wonende alhier op de Keysersgraft op desselfs versouck beschreven by mij Gillis Borsellaer openbaer notaris .. . ende den getuygen naergenomineert . Introduction to paintings in inventory: Inventaris van de schilderyen ten huyse van den voors. Baltasar van Haeften bevonden ende op desselfs versoeck by my voors. notaris beschreven ende getaxeert by Sieur Hendrick Wlenburch ande Gerbrant Ban schilders ende kunsthandelaers deser stede in Amsterdam opden 19 Decembris 1640 als volcht
Commentary	Balthasar van Haeft was almost certainly born in Antwerp, as the Antwerp-based testament of his aunt Clara van Haeften suggests (see below). Balthasar van Haeften, merchant in Amsterdam, was married to Elisabeth van Wellens, who was probably related to the merchant Jaques van Wellens, born in Antwerp, active in trade with the Baltic since 1573 and first noted in Amsterdam in 1597 (Wijnroks, Handel tussen Rusland en de Nederlanden 1560-1640, p. 167, and Gelderblom Zuid-Nederlandse kooplieden, p. 318). The couple had a daughter Catharina Theresa cited in the NOTES to R 19298 of Montias2. For a deposition in which Balthasar (van) Haeften appears as a freighter of linseed, see R 32466 of Montias2. On 23 June 1671, Clara van Haeften, daughter of the late Adriaen van Haeften and of Catharina Melis, drew up her testament. Among other bequests, she left her nephew Balthasar van Haeften a painting of the Lamentation (Noot Godts) which stood before her mantlepiece. Clara was an R.C. begin. It is very probable that her nephew was also Catholic (Duverger, Antwerpse kunstinventarissen 9(1997), pp.447-8). Note that 18 gulden were paid to Wlenburch (Uylenburg) and Ban for their appraisals. Garbrand Bann, from Haarlem, painter, 27 years old, was betrothed on 26 July 1640 to Willemyntje Boelen, from Amsterdam, 17, assisted by Catharina Boelen (in de Pui) (Obreen, Archief voor de Nederlandsche kunstgeschiedenis 5(1882-1883), p. 11). He was a painter of still lifes (a fruit piece turned up in a Christie's sale of 1992) (Van der Willigen and Meijer, Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Painters, 2003, p. 31).
Notary	Gillis Borsselaer
Appraiser	Hendrick Wlenburch and Gerbrant Ban
Total Value	8674 |d
Art Value	842 |d 10 st.
# of Items	41
Montias1 #	146