The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Cotermans, Judith		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	253
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	1193 fol. 133 and foll.
Date	1646/10/27
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Purpose	death inventory
Family Name	Cotermans
Owner Name	Cotermans, Judith
Owner Notes	widow of Hendrick Meurs
Life Dates	1604 |d bef.October 1646 |n Meurs
Marriage Date	1634/12/
Occupation	Services |a School teacher; Artist |a Calligrapher
Residence	Amsterdam
Religion	probably Calvinist
Introduction	Inventaris van de goederen van Judith Cotermans weduwe van wijlen Mr. Hendrick Meurs in sijn leven schoolmr. binnen deser stede beschreven ende geinventariseert by mij Jan de Vos notaris ....ter presentie van den naerg. getuijgen ten versoecke ende bywesen van de voorn. Judith Cotermans mitsgaders Jan ende Mr. Barent Meurs ... naeste bloetverwanten van Maria Meurs naergelaten dochter van de voorn. Mr. Hendrick Meurs bij de voors. Judith Cotermans geprocreert ende sijn de selve goederen ten versoecke als vooren by Aeltge Claes ende Annitge Hendricks gesworen schatsers getaxeert ende gepriseert ...Postscript: Aldus geschreven ende geinventariseert ...den 27 octobris 1646
Commentary	Hendrick Meurs, schoolmaster and calligrapher, was betrothed to Judith Cotermans in December 1634, at which time he was 30 years of age. She was from Dordrecht and was living there at the time. There is an extant letter from Hendrick Meurs to the engraver Jan van de Velde, dated 26 June 1632 (Oud Holland, vol. 3 (1885), p. 230.) On a collaboration between Hendrick Meurs and Jan van de Velde, see R 18852 of Montias2. Hendrick Meurs was a frequent buyer at Orphan Chamber auctions. Jan and Barent Meurs were cited in the INTRO as the closest blood relatives of Maria Meurs, the daughter of Hendrick Meurs. Jan Meurs may be identical with the director of the Schouwburg named Jean Meures (1604-1672). All may be relatives of Arent Meurs of R 20234 of Montias2. In 1678, the collection of the widow of J. Meurs was assessed by Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Künstler-inventare, pp. 1249-1250 and INVNO 1377).
Notary	J. de Vos
Appraiser	Aeltge Claes and Annitge Hendricks
Art Value	979 |d
# of Items	81
Montias1 #	170