The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Verspreet, Johannes		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	497
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	1118, film no. 1293
Date	1656/12/13
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	death inventory
Family Name	Verspreet
Owner Name	Verspreet, Johannes
Life Dates	1603 |d 1656
Occupation	Manufacturer |a Sugar, salt refining
Residence	Op de oostsyde van de Keysersgraft over de Wester marct in Amsterdam
Religion	Reformed
Introduction	Inventaris van de meuble goederen, huysraet en andersins van Johannes Verspreet saliger soo hij all 't selve verlaten en metter doot ontruijmt heeft en gevonden sijn in sijn sterfhuijs en oock rafinadrij gestaen op de oostsyde van de Keysersgraft over de Wester marct ten versoecke van Sr. Francois de Penyn apothecaris ende Justus van den Bogart predicant tot Uijtrecht van de herformeerde nederlantsche gemeente aldaar, ende Sr. Guilliam de Penyn executeurs in de selfen sterffhuyse ende voogden over de onmondige erffgenamen volgens des overledens testament in dato den negenden novembris 1656 voor mij notaris gepasseert ... Postscript: Aldus geinventariseert, getaxeert en gepriseert in de sterfhuijs ....ende beschreven by mij notaris ... den 13 december 1656. The inventory was signed by Abraham Pelt Hansz.,...Gistele, Pieter de Meijer, and Denijs Nuyts.
Commentary	Johannes Verspreet was undoubtedly a close relative of Anthony Verspreet of R 25596 and of Hester Verspreet, the wife of Jean le Bleu of R 25596, as the TEXT of INVNO 171 (R 91 of Montias1) shows fairly conclusively, but he is not named among the children of Hans Verspreet I who were alive when the latter's inventory was taken (NA 562B, fol. 35, dated 1 April 1627). It was probably he, who, under the name Hans Verspreet (II), was cited as a sugar refiner in 1631 and who had some of his workmen testify about the damaged state of a shipment of raw sugar he had bought from the W.I.C. in 1636 (Van Dillen, Bronnen tot de geschiedenis van het bedrijfsleven R.G.P. 78(1933), p. 771 and 144(1974), p. 119). On 26 November 1637, Tomas Broen, 36, Johannes Verspreet, 34, Abraham Pelt (III), 41, and Dirck Bruggen, 62, all merchants declared at the request of Jan Raij (of R 20339 of Montias2) and Jacob Tiebbes, likewise merchants that they had been present at a public sale of shares (?) of the V.O.C. and could testify to the conditions of sale (NA 695B, film 4982, Not. J. Warnaerts, fol. 801). Abraham Pelt (III), who is also cited in the INTRO, was the second of this name, the son of Hans Pelt and the nephew of Abraham Pelt II (see R 20305 of Montias2). On 23 July 1647, Johannes Verspreet and his wife Gertruit Alderts had a child baptized in the O.K. (DTB 8/132). On Frans de Penijn II, apothecary, cited in the INTRO, who was related by marriage to the sugar refiner and art dealer Jan Thivaert, see R 20955 of Montias2. Another inventory of Johannes Verspreet was taken by the same notary on 13 December 1656 (NA 1129, fol. 308 and foll.)
Notary	J. van de Ven
Appraiser	Ferdinand Bol
Total Value	5127 |d
Art Value	988 |d
# of Items	45
Montias1 #	398