The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Bentes, Hillebrant		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	348
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	1915 fol. 352-378 , film 2129
Date	1655/11/25
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	death inventory of both Hillebrant Bentes and his wife Catharina Baeck
Family Name	Bentes
Owner Name	Bentes, Hillebrant
Owner Notes	and his wife Catharina Baeck
Life Dates	1591 |d 1652/10/? |n Bentes; 1601 |d 1648 |n Baeck
Marriage Date	1639/12/11
Type of Ceremony	Pui
Occupation	Regent; Merchant |a Wool, flax, hops
Residence	Amsterdam (but both died in Brazil)
Religion	Reformed
Introduction	Inventaris ... van za. Hillebrant Bentes ende Catharina Baeck in tijden echteluijden binnen Amstelredamme, soo ende sulx die laest bij de voors. Bentes metter doodt ontruimt ende nagelaten zijn. Gemaeckt opt versoeck vanden E. Sr. Justus Baeck ende d'eersame Hans Hens(bergen?) mitsgaders den E. heer Dr. Johan Blaeu mede presiderende schepen ende raedt deser stadt, als bij testamente geordonneerde voogden over het eenige onmondige nagelaten kindt vande voors. echteluyden ... Opden zevenden december 1652 geinventariseert tgene volcht, ter presentie van Hendrick van Beeck ende Jacob Marijn als getuijgen. Postscript: Aldus gedaen ende geinventariseert binnen Amstelredamme ende dese inventaris geslooten opden xxv-en november xvi C vierende vijfftich , ter presentie van Cornelis Zevenhuijsen ende Jacob Marijn ... als getuijgen ....
Commentary	Hillebrand Bentes was born in 1591 and was buried in the N.K. on 31 October 1652. He was the son of the merchant Aelbert Bentes (1550-1610) and of Griet Hillebrants. Aelbert Bentes invested 1,500 f. in the first subscription for V.O.C. shares. His widow paid a tax of 250 f. in 1631 (Van Dillen, Het oudste aandeelhoudersregister, p. 138). Hillebrant Bentes was a merchant on the Singel in den Sonnewyser, as his father had been. He probably dealt in flax, as a deposition by the sworn broker Pieter Wybrantsz. Kan, dated 21 October 1638, suggests (NA 696A, film 4982, Not. J. Warnaerts). He was a Regent of the Aalmoezeniersweeshuis in 1629 and Lieutenant of the Amsterdam militia in 1650. He signed the Remonstrant petition of 1628. On 18 November 1639, Hillebrant Bentes was betrothed to Catharina Baack (1601-1648), the daughter of Laurens Joosten Baeck (of R 28932) and of Dieuwer Jacobs van Harenscarpel (DTB 675/199 and Elias, Vroedschap van Amsterdam, p. 476; see also the NOTES to R 28932 of Montias2). In February 1645, Hillebrant Bentes signed a petition, with a number of other merchants, calling for the enforcement of the legislation on the currency of 1622 (Van Dillen, Wisselbanken, R.G.P., 59(1925), p. 99). Joost Baeck, cited in the INTRO, was the brother of Catharina Baeck. He married Magdalena van Erp in 1623. Magdalena was the half sister of the wife of Pieter Cornelisz. Hooft. Jacob Baeck, the son of Laurens, was a good friend of Vondel who dedicated to him a long poem. Jacob was an advocate who registered in Leiden University in 1627. He died in 1639. Another son, Laurens, named after his father, inherited the domain Scheybeeck near Beverwijck. He collected paintings, shells, and prints. His nephew Albert Bentes was also a passionate collector who patronized Roelant Roghman (250 drawings of castles and other views made in 1646-7) (see the NOTES to R 28932 and Maandblad Amstelodamum 45(19858), pp. 127 and 129).
Notary	F. Uyttenbogaert
# of Items	37
Montias1 #	265