The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Hoorn, Melchior van		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	395
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	NA 1812
Date	1647/04/27
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Purpose	division of an estate by lots among the children
Family Name	Hoorn
Owner Name	Hoorn, Melchior van
Life Dates	1587 |d 1642
Marriage Date	1612/08/31
Type of Ceremony	K
Occupation	Merchant (largescale)
Residence	Amsterdam
Introduction	Provisionele scheijdinge van de deeling van all het silver ende vergult werck ten huijsraet meubelen ende imboedel achtergelaten ende metter doot ontruijmt bij Melchior van Hoorn za. in sijn leven coopman alhier, mitsgaders van seeckere ses ende dertig palm pipen in desselfs sterfhuijs bevonden, gedeelt ende genoten bij Melchior van Hoorn voor een vierde part, Isaac van Peenen als man ende voogt van Cornelia van Hoorn van gelijck vierde part, Susanna van Hoorn ... van een vierde part ende by Pieter van Hoorn voor het resterende vierde part, alles in voege ende manieren naer dat van de selve goederen vier loote met no. 1, 2, 3, ende 4 waergemaeckt, het lot rond te goede trouwen, ..alle preferentie uijtgesondert ... Postscript: Aldus gesloten den 26 ende 27-en aprilis 1647.
Commentary	The owner of the goods that were divided among his children after his death was Melchior van Hoorn II of R 20007 of Montias2. He may have been the son of Melchior van Hoorn I who became a citizen of Amsterdam on 5 March 1589. Melchior van Hoorn II, born in Antwerp about 1581, was living in the Nes on 31 August 1612 when he was betrothed to Susanna Jolijt Pieters, 29 (DTB 416/250). On 3 September 1632, after his wife died, he appeared before the Orphan Chamber and declared that his four children, Melchior (III), 15, Cornelis, 13, Susanna, 12, and Pieter, 10, were entitled to 4,800 f. for their father's inheritance (WK 5073/789). All these children were still alive when the present inventory was drawn up. Melchior van Hoorn II died in 1642. An earlier inventory of the possessions of Melchior van Hoorn II, this one without prices, was drawn up on 14 June 1646 (NA 1811, fol. 1350 and foll.) This earlier inventory was made under the supervision of Cornelis van Neck, Abraham Pelt (probably III, the nephew of Abraham Pelt II of R 29303), Michiel van Dulken (?) and Melchior van Hoorn de jonge (III), as executors of the testament of Melchior van Hoorn II. The objects in the inventory of 14 June 1646 were parcelled out by room. These room indications have been added to the present inventory (matching the lots in the two inventories proved to be possible in virtually all cases).
Notary	A. Eggericx
Art Value	860 |d 2 stuivers
# of Items	42
Montias1 #	21