The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Heldewier, Magdalena		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	302
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	565 A
Date	1650/05/31
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Purpose	death inventory
Family Name	Heldewier
Owner Name	Heldewier, Magdalena
Owner Notes	widow of Consalvo Romiti
Residence	Amsterdam
Religion	Roman Catholic
Introduction	Inventaris [van de goederen] .. van wylen Magdalena Heldewier weduwe wylen Consalvo Romiti gelyck de selve naer haer overlyden bevonden syn ende ter requisitie van de kinderen ende erffgenamen als Nicolaes ende Emanuel Romiti ten overstaen van de selve ende allen de samentlijcke susters etc.. breder beschreven door mij Jacob Westfrisius ...ende door Annetgen Hendricks ende Lysebeth Martens beijde gesworen schatsers getaxeert, behalve die schilderyen die getaxeert sijn door David Colijns ende Nicolaes Elias beijde schilders binnen deser stede, synde de selve bevonden als volcht. Postscript: aldus geinventariseert... den 31 [sic] maij 1650
Commentary	Magdalena Heldewier, born in Cologne, was the daughter of Michael Heldewier, merchant in Antwerp,later in Cologne, and of Jenne Mahieu. She married Consalvo Romiti, from Vicensa, merchant in Naples, later in Antwerp, who was mentioned in Amsterdam by 1616 (Nederlandsche Leeuw 42(1924), col. 366.) Consalvo (also spelled Gonsalvo) and his brother (?) Jean Antonio Romiti were at least part-time art dealers (see the NOTES to R 23401 of Montias2). Consalvo Romiti must have died before 1635 when his widow was mentioned (see the NOTES to R 27451 of Montias2). The portrait of the Pope along with the other religious pictures strongly suggests that the deceased was Roman Catholic. Nicolaes Romiti, cited in the INTRO, was said to be a merchant, 26 years old in an act of 31 January 1637. In this act, he confirmed an accord he had made with a Haarlem merchant (unreadable name) to deal in tulips (NA 1466, film 1556).
Notary	J. Westfrisius
Appraiser	David Colijns and Nicolaes Elias
Total Value	4916 |d 13 stuivers
Art Value	1767 |d
# of Items	40
Montias1 #	218