The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Gracht, Pieter van der		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	238
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	1857 fol. 181 and foll., see also fol.248
Date	1664/11/07
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Purpose	death inventory
Family Name	Gracht
Owner Name	Gracht, Pieter van der
Life Dates	1620 |d 1664
Occupation	Liberal profession |a Lawyer; Services |a Notary; Poet
Residence	Amsterdam
Introduction	Inventaris van de goederen achtergelaten by wylen Mr. Pieter van der Gracht ad[vocae]t in voegen de selve by hem metter doot ontruimt ende nagelaten syn. Gemaeckt opt versoeck van Sr. Laurens Barles als getrout met Emmerentia van der Gracht mede erffgenamen van den voors. Pieter van der Gracht ten overstan van Nicolaes Kruys mede notaris als by den E. weesmeesteren dese stede gecomitteert 't recht van den kinderen naelaten by wylen Hendrick van der Gracht voor te nemen...[en sijn de goederen] int sterfhuyse bevonden. Post script: Aldus geinventariseert .... op den 7-en Novembris 1664 door Lysbeth Martens ende Weyntje Willems gesworen schatsers dese stede.
Commentary	Pieter van der Gracht (1620-1664) was an advocate, notary, and poet. He may have been the son of Hendrick Pietersz. van der Gracht mentioned in the INTRO (see Elias, Vroedschap, pp. 381-2 and 448-9). He was married to Trijn Jans van Hoorn. He was a director of the Amsterdam Schouwburg from 1651 to 1655 (Jaarboek Amstelodamum 72(1981), p. 42). His brother-in-law Pieter van Hoorn (1599-1648) was married to Maria van Vlooswijck, the sister of Cornelis van Vlooswijk, a member of Vroedschap from 1653 to 1687 (Elias, op.cit. p.449). The heirs were Laurens Barles and Emmerentia van der Gracht, man and wife (Emmerentia was the daughter of Pieter van der Gracht). Note the following entry among the outstanding debts due by the estate: Aen Hendrick Geelhandt voor 2 schilderijen bij de overleden van hem gecocht. Van der Gracht also owed Geelhandt f 46:16:-- volgens 't salarisboekje. It is not clear whether he had painted the two paintings he had delivered to Van der Gracht. The inventory of the wife of Hendrick Gelehant of 29 November 1669 is cited by Bredius (Künstler-inventare, p. 1330).
Notary	N. Kruijs
Appraiser	Lysbeth Martens and Weyntje Willems
Art Value	321 |d 10 stuivers
# of Items	67
Montias1 #	156