The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Bouwers, Maritge		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	402
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	568
Date	1635/03/05
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	death inventory
Family Name	Bouwers
Owner Name	Bouwers, Maritge
Owner Notes	widow of Sijwert Pietersz. Sem (1560-1632)
Life Dates	1566 |d 1635/01/13
Marriage Date	1582/09/16
Occupation	Merchant (largescale); Regent
Residence	Op de Oudesijts ooster Voorburgwal in Amsterdam
Religion	Roman Catholic
Introduction	Inventaris ende specificatie van allen den goederen nagelaten by z. Maritge Bouwers weduwe was wijlen Sijwert Pietersz. Sem zulx zy die metter doot deser werelt ontruijmt ende nagelaten heeft ... Postscript:Aldus geinventariseert in den sterfhuijs vande voors. Maria Bouwers gestaen op de Oudesijt ooster Voorburgwal op den vierde Frebruary ende 5-6 Maert 1635 ten overstaen van de E. Wybrant Sem, Hendrick Jansz. de Jonge, Isaack van Gherwen, ende Maria Bouwers de Jonge.
Commentary	On Syvert Pietersz. Sem, see the NOTES to R 27934 of Montias2 and Elias, Vroedschap van Amsterdam, pp. 413-4. The religion of his widow (which may or may not have been his) is inferred from the altar in the inventory and from the altarpieces with Catholic content. The fact that her husband's brother Jan Pietersz. Sem was the guardian of Marritge Hermans, the sister of the engraver Jan Hermansz. Muller (cf. the NOTES to R 32237 of Montias2), who was most probably R.C., adds to the presumption that at least part of the family was R.C. Mary or Maritge Bouwers was the daughter of Arent Bouwer (1520-1585) and of Neel Hillebrants. On 27 March 1619, the sister of Maritge, named Helena Bouwers (see R 27876 of Montias2), sold to him a house situated on the Warmoesstraat (no. 88) (J.G. Kam, Waar was dat huis in de Warmoesstraat?, 1968, p. 32/1). Maritge was also the sister of Hans Bouwer I (of INVNO 537), and, probably, of Lysbeth Bouwers(of INVNO 694). She was the aunt of Melchior Bouwer of R 27856 of Montias2.
Notary	L. Lamberti
# of Items	70
Montias1 #	300