The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Hoefijser, Pieter Maertensz.		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	433
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	1639, film 1768
Date	1641/04/13
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	Inventory after bankruptcy drawn up on behalf of the creditors.
Family Name	Hoefijser
Owner Name	Hoefijser, Pieter Maertensz.
Life Dates	1581 |d 1647/12/21
Marriage Date	603/04/08
Occupation	Services |a Tax farmer, tax collector
Residence	Op de zeedijck in Amsterdam
Religion	Reformed
Introduction	Inventaris van alle de goederen bevonden int huijs van Pieter Maertensz. Hoefijser ontfanger vande convoijen ende licenten alhier op de Zeedick . Beschreven door my Nicolaes Henricksz. ...ten overstaen van E. Abraham Alewijn, Jacob Teunisz. van Stralen ende Silvester Heereman curateurs over de boedel van de gemelte Hoefijser gefailleert en dat ten profijte van de geenen daertoe gerechticht zijnde. Postscript: Aldus gedaen binnen Amsterdam 11-e 12-e 13-e Aprilis 1641 ter presentie van Pieter Carelsz. mede notaris en Tieleman Dircksz. Lois als getuijgen.
Commentary	Pieter Martensz. Hoeffijser, born in 1581, was buried in the O.K. on 21 December 1647. He was receiver general of the Admiralty in Amsterdam from 1613 to 1641. His bankruptcy was linked to the loan of 248,000 f. to the Keurvorst of Brandenburg (see Montias, Vermeer and His Milieu, pp. 25 and 34). He married Aeltgen Sticke on 8 April 1603, daughter of Dirck Sticke, burgomaster of Deventer. His brother-in-law Hendrick Sticke, who was involved in a counterfeiting operation with Balthasar Claes Gerritsz. (Vermeer's grandfather), was beheaded in August 1620. On 21 October 1620, Pieter Hoefijser reported to the States General that the conduct of his office had suffered as a result of the pressure he was under owing to the affair of his brother-in-law (ibid. p. 276). Hendrick Sticke married Christina Hoefijser, who was apparently the sister of Pieter Martensz. Hoefijser. On Pieter Martensz. Hoefijser, see also Elias, Vroedschap van Amsterdam, p.358. Maria Hoefijzers, also a sister of Pieter Martensz. Hoeffijser, born in Amsterdam, was 26 years old when she was married to Willem Maurits Bax, cornet under the ritmeester Ripperda, on 27 April 1630. She was assisted by her grandmother Trijntje Tijmes and her brother Pieter Hoeffijzer (De Navorscher 8(1858), p. 317.) Trijntje Tijmes (Thijmons) was the wife of Marten Jansz. Hoefijser, the father of Pieter Martensz. She was still alive on 9 May 1636 when she gave a procuration to the stone carver (steenhower) Hendrick Jansz. to collect money that was due to her for rent on the sale by execution of the house de Swarte Paert on the Amstel near the St. Anthonispoort (NA 597, fol. 451, Not. Lamberti). The sculptor Hendrick Jansz. was apprenticed to the architect Hendrick de Keyser between 1594 and 1597 (Ann Adams, The Paintings of Thomas de Keyser, Ph.D. dissertation, p. 21). He was married to Jannetje Costers who died shortly before 8 April 1636 (WK 5073/789).
Notary	Nicolas Henrixsz.
# of Items	30
Montias1 #	334