The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Wassenaer, Nicolaes (Jansz.)		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	260
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	858, film 577
Date	1630/01/08
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Purpose	death inventory
Family Name	Wassenaer
Owner Name	Wassenaer, Nicolaes (Jansz.)
Life Dates	c. 1571 |d 1629/09/24
Marriage Date	1599/11/20
Occupation	Liberal profession |a Doctor in medicine; Poet, writer
Residence	Amsterdam
Religion	Reformed
Introduction	Inventaris van de goederen meubelen ende huijsraet naergelaten by sr. Nicolaes Wassenaer zal. in sijn leven gewoont hebbende ten huijse van Sr. Jacob van der Heyde, schoonsoon van de voorn. Wassenaer, wijncooper binnen deser stede , gedaen mercken by mij Jacob van Zwieten not. pub. ...ten overstaen van de E. Mr. Hendrick Persijn als oom ende opt aengeven van de voorn. Jacob van der Heijde. Postscript: Aldus gedaen ende geinventariseert ...desen 8-en january 1630
Commentary	Niclaes Jansz. van Wassenaer, born between 1571 and 1573, was the son of Johannes Claessen van Wassenaer, born in Gouda, a school teacher with his own school. In 1580, Johannes became a predikant in Amsterdam. Niclaes was probably born in Amsterdam. His mother Neeltgen Gerrits Dirckszdr. Buytewech is presumed to have been the sister of the former burgomaster of Leyden Jan Gerritsz. Buytewech. On 20 November 1599, Claes Jansz. (van Wassenaer), 26 years old, living in the Haarlemmerspoort in the Nieustadt, was betrothed to Griet Jacobsdr., 24, living on the O.Z. Voorburgwal. The bride stemmed from the distinguished Persijn family and was thus a relative of Hendrick Persijn cited in the INTRO (J. Z. Kannegieter, Dr. Nicolaes Jansz. van Wassenaer (1571/2-1629), Jaarboek Amstelodamum 56(1964), p. 74). Niclaes Wassenaer became a teacher in the Latin school of Haarlem in 1603. He became a self-taught doctor in medicine about 1612. After publishing a book on diseases, he began to write to write and publish a series of current-event chronicles in 1624. These appeared as the Historisch verhael alder ghedenk-weerdichste geschiedenissen. In 1624 and 1625, he reported on the latest news on tulips, which he apparently admired, and on the temperament of tulip lovers (Goldgar, Tulipmania, typescript, 2004, pp. 187-8). His historical studies were continued by his son-in-law Barent Lampe (of R 28400 of Montias2) (Kannegieter, p. 96.) His daughter Machteltgen van Wassenaer, 19, was betrothed to Jacob Bartholomeus van Ter Heyde, alias Jacob van der Heyde (of R 24366 of Montias2), on 21 December 1621. Nicolaes van Wassenaer was buried in the O.K. on 28 September 1629 (ibid. p. 97). For the post-mortem sale of Nicolaes Wassenaer's possessions, see INVNO 2600 (R 534 of Montias1).
Notary	Jacob van Zwieten
# of Items	22
Montias1 #	177