| Commentary | Francoijs Gijsels II, the son of the painter and packer (warehouse man) Francoijs Gijsels I (1575-1666), of INVNO 1378, and Hester Braems, was married to Magdalena van Lemens in 1647. He too was a packer and painter, as the 8 paintings made by himself in the inventory testify. His son, Francoijs Gijsels III, a dealer in paints, born in 1639, married Emmerentia Blockers in 1661. His sister Maria was married to Hendrick Jansz. Streeck. The present inventory contains a portrait of Claes Kop and his wife and a portrait of Claes Kop by himself (R 14507, 14508, and 14547 of Montias2). This is almost certainly the painter Nicolaes Koop II who married Susanna van Lemens, the presumed sister of Magdalena van Lemens of this inventory. She apparently remarried with Abraham Pesijn by 1645 (Bredius, op.cit. p.1920). The two painters, Francoijs Gijsels and Nicolaes Koop were thus brothers-in-law. Nicolaes Koop II was the son of the cyther-maker and innkeeper Nicolaes Koop I of R 30624, who was the intermediary between Hans Thijsz. de oude and Rubens in the latter's purchase of the house De Wapper from Thijsz. in Antwerp in 1611. Franchoijs Gijsels II was one of the heirs of Susanna van Lemmens (Bredius, Künstler-inventare, p. 1220). On 8 March 1657, Fransoys Gijsels de jonge (II), packer, and Magdalena van Lemens passed their testament. On 5 February 1661, Francois Gysels (III), from Amsterdam, verfkooper (dealer in paints), 22, assisted by his mother Magdalena van Lemens, living in the Bloemgracht, signed their pre-nuptial contract (Bredius, op. cit. p. 1921), Francois Gijsels IV, signetsnijder (carver of coats-of-arms), son of Cornelis Gijsels, was betrothed to Maria Venckel, the daughter of Caspar Venckel, on 28 November 1664 (Bredius, op.cit. p. 1922). She seems to have been the niece of the Notary Hendrick Venckel who drew up the present inventory. On 10 May 1663, the painter Anthoni Waterloo sold to Caspar Venkel a house on the St. Anthonibreestraet for 8,700 f. The seller obligated himself to deliver a painting to the buyer and the buyer obligated himself to deliver to the seller two silver spoons and a silver ice beaker (ijsbeecker) valued at 30 f. (Oud Holland 4(1886), p.299). On 7 March 1670, Casper Venckel resold the house on the Breestraet for 7,000 f. by execution which had belonged to the painter Anthony Waterloo (Obreen, Archief voor de Nederlandsche kunstgeschiedenis 5(1882-1883), p. 17). |
