The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Buddens (Boddens), Pieter (de oude)		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	380
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	563 B
Date	1635/01/06
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Purpose	death inventory
Family Name	Buddens (Boddens)
Owner Name	Buddens (Boddens), Pieter (de oude)
Owner Notes	and Catharina van der Voort
Life Dates	1569 |d 1634/12/11
Marriage Date	1594; 1619/09/01
Type of Ceremony	Pui
Occupation	Merchant (largescale)
Residence	aen de Deventer houtmarckt in Amsterdam
Religion	Reformed/Calvinist
Introduction	Inventaris van den imboel ende de huysgen raet van wijlen Pieter Buddens ende Catharina van der Voort in haer leven echte luijden binnen deser stadt, beschreven gelijck de selve by het overlijden van den voorn. Pieter Buddens tsijnen huijse staende binnen deser stede aen de Deventer houtmarckt bevonden is, getaxeert ende geschat door Aeltien Claes ende Engelet Jacobs beijde gesworen schatsers door mij notaris etc... Postscript: Aldus gedaen geinventariseert ende getaxeert opten 6-en ende 7-en Januarij 1635.
Commentary	According to Johan Elias (Vroedschap van Amsterdam, vol.2, p. 628), the merchant Pieter Boddens, son of Jan Cornelisz. Boddens, fled Flanders for religious reasons. He settled first in Haarlem and then in Amsterdam. He married Mayke van de Put Gerrits in 1594 (Elias, ibid.) On 6 March 1605, Pieter Boddens and Mayke van der Put had their daughter Susanna baptized in the N.K. in the presence of Aernout Allewijn (DTB 39/60). On 7 September 1619, Pieter Boddinx, from Tielt, widower, living in the Warmoesstraet, was betrothed to Cataline Vervoort, from Antwerp, living in Goes (DTB 763/73). On 12 September 1619, Pieter Boddens, from Tielt in Flanders, appeared before the Orphan Chamber to present his daughter Mayken, 12 years old, whose late mother was Mayken van der Putte. The child's assets included at least 4000 f. (WK 5073/789). On 30 July 1623, Pieter Boddens and Catrijn Vervoort had their son Pieter baptized in the O.K. in the presence of Antonij Nijs (of R 7616) and Petronella Syts (DTB 6/54). (Pieter Boddens I and Petronella Syts (or Sijdt) were witnesses to the baptism of a child of Anthony Nijs in 1624). This first child named Pieter died soon afterwards. On 3 September 1624, Pieter Boddens and Catrijna Vervoocht (sic) had their son, again named Pieter, baptized in the N.K. in the presence of Petronella Syts (DTB 40/269). This second child by the name of Pieter is identical with Pieter Boddens (de jonge) of INVNO 321 (R 239 of Montias1). On 27 February 1631, Pieter Boddens and Caterijn Vervoort had their daugher Cattrijn baptized in the O.K. in the presence of Isaack Boddens and Catrijn Roekoert (DTB 6/298). According to an act dated 15 January 1630, Isaack Boddens had leased a dying works in which he employed Claes Fredericksz., dyer of bombasijn for one year as meester knecht for 24 schellingen per week (Van Dillen, Bronnen tot de geschiedenis van het bedrijfsleven R.G.P. 78(1933), p.696). Maycken Boddens (of INVNO 328), the sister of Isaack Boddens, was first married to the preacher Johan Maryn de jonge. On 9 December 1636, the honorable Jan Maryn de oude, as grandfather on the father's side of Cathalyntge and Johannes Maryn, children of Johan Maryn de jonge, procreated by Maycken Boddens, on one side, and the same Maycken Boddens, widow of the same Jan Maryn de jonge, in his life, servant of God's word (preacher) in Hattem, assisted by Isaack Boddens, her brother and chosen guardian, came to an agreement concerning the inheritance left by Jan Maryn de jonge (NA 414A, fol. 577). On 5 November 1638, Maycken Boddens appeared on 5 November 1638 before the Orphan Chamber with her brother and guardian Isaac Boddens and declared that her two children were entitled to 5,000 f. on account of their father's death (WK 5073/789). Maycken Boddens remarried with the chamois leather tanner Jan Mathijsz. van Tongeren of INVNO 328 on 15 July 1645. On 15 January 1620, Isaack Boddens, sydelakencooper (silk cloth merchant) bought one third of a house on the Warmoesstraat, called de koopman, from the wine dealer Reynier van Buren (Kam, Waar was dat huis in de Warmoesstraat?, p. 359). In 1628, Isaack Boddens was one of the signatories of a petition to dismiss the Remonstrant leaders of the militia (Wagenaar, Amsterdam, p. 501). Catrijn Roekoert, who was a witness to the baptism of Cattrina Boddens, may have been the widow (nee Catrijn Roseau) of the painter Louis Rocourt of INVNO 624. On 14 August 1630, Pieter Boddens, koopman, had Pieter Mathijsen, cloth dyer, testify regarding the quality of certain dyed cloths (Van Dillen, op.cit., p. 723). Pieter Boddens de oude was buried on 11 December 1634 (Elias, ibid.) On 17 January 1636, Catherina Vervoort, widow and custodian of the estate of Pieter Boddens, on one side, and Susanna Ruts (of R 299), widow of Jan Boddens (Pieter's brother, who died on 22 February 1634), as mother of her five children, on the other, declared that the children were entitled to 2,000 f. for their inheritance from Pieter Boddens (WK 5073/789.) Susanna Ruts was the daughter of Nicolaes Ruts who was portrayed by Rembrandt. Jan Boddens bought a house on the Warmoesstraat, 't huys van Dornik, formerly called de Swaen, from the brothers Jan, Mathijs, Melchizedeck, and Janneken Sandra on 24 January 1625. He seems to have lived in the same house or next door to his brother (?) Isaack Boddens (Kam, Waar was dat huis in de Warmoesstraat?, p. 360, 39/16). On 28 August 1636, Cathaline Vervoort passed her testament. She named as her universal heirs her three children Pieter, Abraham, and Cathaline in equal shares. In case of their death, the inheritance was to devolve on Isaack Boddens (NA 642, film 4953, Not. Sybrant Cornelissen). On 29(?) September 1636, Catelina Vervoort, widow of Pieter Boddens and sister of Francois Vervoort, apothecary in Reciff van Pernambuco, named a correspondent in Middelburg to collect money from the W.I.C. on behalf of Francois Vervoort's children (NA 843, fol. 1313, Not. Hoogeboom). On 27 March 1637, Catharina Vervoort, widow of Pieter Boddens (I) named Wybrant van Steijn, merchant in Nantes, to collect 700 f. from Reynier de Vau in Nantes (NA 521, Not. Westfrisius). On 7 July 1643, Catharina Vervoort drew up a procuration to collect money on a letter of exchange (NA 997, film 1882, Not. Gerrit Coren). On 16 May 1659, Catharina van der Voort (or Vervoort), widow of Pieter Boddens, appeared before notary J. van der Ven to transfer some goods to her daughter Catharina Boddens Pieters, of major age (meerdejarige) (she was baptized in 1631 and was by then 28 years old). These included 15 paintings (a seascape by Porcellis, another by Berestraat), none of which seemed to match with the paintings in the present inventory. Given the date of the present inventory (1635), it is doubtful whether the painting by Berestraat could have been bought before the death of Pieter Boddens. For this inventory, see NA 1129, film 1299. In the Westfrisius inventory of 6 January 1635, the name of the owner is spelled Buddens. The spelling in Elias's Vroedschap has been retained. In 1631, Pieter Boddens, living on the Deventer Houtmarckt, paid a tax of 75 f. (Kohier, fol. 276vo, p. 63). The religion of Pieter Boddens de oude is inferred from the titles of the books he owned, including Uijtlegginge Johannes Calvini op alle de sentbrieven van Paulus and books by the strict Calvinist Jacob Triglandius. The fact that Isaack Boddens signed the anti-Remonstrant petition of 1628 complaining about the appointment of Jan Claesz. Vlooswijck, is also significant (Wagenaar, Amsterdam, vol. 3, p. 501). It is not certain whether the individual named Isaack Boddens who was listed as a horse lover belonging to an elite manege in Amsterdam is identical with the one mentioned above (Jaarboek Amstelodamum 65(1960), p.76).
Notary	J. Westfrisius
Appraiser	Aeltien Claes and Engelet Jacobs
Art Value	39 |d 5 stuivers
# of Items	21
Montias1 #	297