| Commentary | At least four men named Gilbert de Flines must be told apart. All of them are believed to have been Mennonites. Gilbert de Flines I, born about 1545, migrated from Antwerp to Amsterdam in the last years of the 16th century, married Susanna van Voorspoel, and died between 1609 and 1612. He had two sons: Gilbert de Flines II, who married Anna Cornelis van Grootendael in 1612, and Philips de Flines I (1581-1652), who married Stijntje Nisbeth in 1605 (see the NOTES to R 25445 of Montias2). Both these sons had sons whom they named Gilbert. Gilbert Gilbertsz. de Flines (III) (1614-1669), the owner of the goods in the present inventory, married Heyltje Lamberts Schouten on 4 December 1638 (see below). Gilbert Philipsz. de Flines (IV) married Rebecca de Wolff, the daughter of Hans de Wolff I, the first husband of Clementia van den Vondel, the sister of the poet Joost van den Vondel (1586-1641) (Nederlandsche Leeuw 91(1974), col. 249). On a portrait of Clementia van den Vondel, by Claes Eliasz. (of R 8367 of Montias2), see 0ud Holland 34(1916), pp. 183-188). Another daughter of Hans de Wolff I, named Sara, born in 1610, remarried unmarried until her death in 1699. Still other daughter, named Anna, born in 1609, married Jacob van der Vecht (Vegt), leaving two children Pieter van der Vecht and Clementia van der Vecht. The only son of Hans de Wolff I, Hans de Wolff II, married Cornelia Block in 1643. and, after her death, Agnes (Agneta) Block in 1648 (Oud Holland, op.cit. p.188). Agneta Block (1629-1704) remarried with Sybrand de Flines, the son of Gilbert de Flines IV, in 1674. In 1670, Agneta de Wolf had bought a domain near Loenen. There she collected rare plants (cactus, pineapple) and acquired art works. On 29 June 1661, Pieter Volmarijn, merchant in Amsterdam, insinuated Hans de Wolff II, likewise merchant. De Wolff claimed that he only owed Volmarijn 19 f. Volmarijn asked Wolff that the following paintings be returned to him: een van Maria, een stuckje van Johannes Hannot, een dito stuckje van den selve, een kersnacht van hem insinuant (Volmarijn) selffs gemaeckt, 2 stuckgens van Bonaventuer (Pieters), een stuckje van Thomas Wijck, all together worth 248 f. (Bredius, Künstler-inventare, p. 264 of Nachträge). In a procuration of 8 January 1638, Philips de Flines I mentioned a son named Gilbert de Flines (IV), who was probably still of minor age at the time (his siblings were Jan de Flines; Susanna de Flines, married to David Rutgers; and Emmerentia de Flines) (Nederlandsche Leeuw 42(1924), col. 57-8). Heyltje Lamberts Schouten, the wife of Gilbert III, was the daughter of Lambert Cornelisz. Schouten, the wealthiest citizen of Weesp and a frequent burgomaster of the city, and of Christina van Meininga (Nederlandsche Leeuw 25(1907) col. 93). Lambert Cornelisz. Schouten paid a tax of 375 f. living binnen Weesp (Kohier, fol. 326, p. 74). Heyltje's sister, Nijsje Lamberts Schouten, married Joost Claesz. Ansloo, cited in R 1029 of Montias1. Her brother Gijsbert Lambertsz. Schouten contracted with Jan Aertsz. van der Heede to trade in spices (R 133 of Montias1). The portrait of her sister Trijntje Lamberts was recorded in the present inventory. Lambert Cornelisz. Schouten, was cited in the NOTES of R 21444 of Montias2. Gilbert III, the owner of this inventory, had the following siblings: Sara, married to Abraham Buys, the son of Paulus Buy de oude of INVNO 501; Cornelis (1615-1670), married to Catharina Agges (1626-?); Sybrand, married, first, to Maria Ghijsen (1629-1672), and, second, to Agnes Block (1629-1704); Diewertje, married, first to Jacob Verplancken, then to Willem Jansz. Bruijnen (cited in the INTRO); Annetje, married to Dirck Bierens (likewise cited); and Jasper (1629-1651), married to Aeghie Ghijsen (1634-1679) (Jaarboek C.B.G. 33(1979), p. 261). It is not certain whether Agnes Block, just cited, is identical with the second wife of Hans de Wolff II. On Hans de Wolff I, cited above, see also R 20021 of Montias2. |
