The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Koockel (Koocker), Jan de		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	506
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	NA 908, film 1144
Date	1644/12/07
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	collateral for debt to mother-in-law
Family Name	Koockel (Koocker)
Owner Name	Koockel (Koocker), Jan de
Life Dates	1609 |d ?
Marriage Date	1631/01/18
Type of Ceremony	P
Occupation	Merchant (largescale) |a Spices
Residence	Amsterdam
Religion	Roman Catholic
Introduction	Inventaris vande meubelen gevonden bij de boedel van Jan de Koockel ten overstaen van Jonker Arent Hem, ridder heere van Nedersteijn ende Srs. Maerten Jan Brinck ende Anthony van Breden curateuren op de voors. boedel ende int bijwesen van Marritge Elberts schoonmoeder vande selve Jan de Coockel als actie ende transport hebbende tot seeckeringhe van haer achterwesen van de voors. meubelen met oock taxatie ... van dien gedaen voor het meerendeel bij Engel Jacobs, Aeltge Claes ende Neeltge Jacobs ... de schilderijen tot taxatie van Henderick Ulenburch ende Lucas Luce schilders ende kunsthandelaers binnen deser stede. Postscript: Aldus getaxeert ... desen vii December anno 1644 [getekent: Lucas Luce, Hendrik Ulenburch]
Commentary	According to the INTRO, Jan de Koockel (Koocker) owed money to his stepmother Marritge Elberts at the time this inventory was taken. She may have had the inventory drawn up to secure her claims. From the insolvent inventory of Jan de Koocker (INVNO 5060), dated 22 March 1644, where he was said to be living on the Heerengracht, it emerges clearly that Jan de Koockel and Jan de Koocker are one and the same person. On 18 January 1631, Jan de Koker, from Amsterdam, 22, spices merchant (cruijdenier), assisted by his father Pieter de Koker, living op 't Waeter, was betrothed to Pieternella de Haes, from Amsterdam, 20, assisted by her mother Maritje Elbers, living in de Hout (DTB 672/3). On 19 January 1633, Joannes de Koker and Petronella de Haes had their son Petrus baptized in the R.C. schuilkerk Boom. The godfather of the child was Petrus de Koker Ferix and the godmother Maritge Alberts (DTB 316/7). Petrus de Koker Ferix was presumably the child's grandfather Pieter de Kooker I, the father of Joannes de Koocker and of Pieter de Koocker II (of INVNO 1236). There's a remarkabe overlap in the attributions in the two inventories, including those to the painter Guldewagen, whose works are almost never cited in Amsterdam inventories. There are also two paintings in the earlier inventory by Roelandt Savery (one of which was estimated 100 f. and the other 30 f.) Only the less expensive one appears in the death inventory. Jan de Koocker may have had to sell some of his paintings to settle his debts. Arent Hermansz. Hem, cited in the INTRO, was otherwise known as Jonker Arnold van der Hem, ridder, Heer van Nedersteyn, Corl and Hilteprant (1586-1656) (Elias, Vroedschap, p.6). He lived on the Heeregracht in 1638, as did Pieter and Jan de Koocker (Kohier fol. 88, p.21, and fol. 182, p.42). Anthony van Breden,also cited in the INTRO, is probably identical with Anthony van Breen who brought an obligation with the face value of 9,125 f. to the Orphan Chamber on behalf of the children of Antonio Jaspersz. van Surck on 7 August 1629 (TEXT of R 447). Anthony van Breen was the father of Clara van Breen who married Jacques Boursse III, the son of Jacques Boursse II of R 20074. Anthony van Breen passed his testament on 20 March 1649.
Notary	Jacob van Zwieten
Appraiser	Lucas Luce and Hendrick Ulenburch [for the paintings]
Total Value	3814 |d 10 stuivers
Art Value	1622 |d 2 stuivers
# of Items	49
Montias1 #	407