The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Metzue (Metsue), Samuel		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	397
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	NA1856
Date	1651/12/19
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Purpose	death inventory
Family Name	Metzue (Metsue)
Owner Name	Metzue (Metsue), Samuel
Owner Notes	and his widow Maria van Breen
Life Dates	1616 |d 1651
Residence	Amsterdam
Religion	probably Reformed
Introduction	Inventaris van de goederen ... achtergelaten bij Samuel Metzue in voegen deselve 'tzijnen sterfhuijse bevonden zijn. Gedaen door aengeven van Maria van Breen sijn nagelaten wedue, ten versoecke van Philip Metsue de Jonge , item Cornelis ende Jacob Metsue gebroeders vande overleden ende voochden over der selver nagelaten minderjarige zoone [etc.]
Commentary	Samuel Metsu was the son of Philips Metsu I (cited in R 27367 of Montias2) and of his second wife Edel Cornelis Schellinger. Philips Metsu I (1575-1652) was a prominent sugar refiner in Amsterdam, originally from Flanders who acquired the citizenship of Amsterdam in 1601. Samuel, born in 1616, died in 1651. He was the brother of Philips Metsu de jonge (born 1607), Cornelis (born in 1610) and of Jacob Metsue (born in 1614), cited in the above INTRO (A. Poelwijk, In dienste vant suyckerbacken, 2003, p. 276). Maria van Breen may have been the daughter of Anthony van Breen and of his wife Mary, cited in the NOTES to R 20074. Among the books: a Statenbijbel in folio, Tractatie vant avontmael, Opus predicum gricum by Hendrick Smety, etc..
Notary	N. Kruijs
# of Items	16
Montias1 #	14