The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Delft, Dirck van (de oude)		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	509
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	2800, film nr. 2869
Date	1657/12/11
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	unknown
Family Name	Delft
Owner Name	Delft, Dirck van (de oude)
Occupation	Artisan |a Stone carver
Residence	Opte Lelie graft in Amsterdam
Introduction	Inventaris van de meubelen inboel ende huysraden toebehorende Dirck van Delft, soo die selve in sijn huys opte Lelie graft bevonden sijn .... beschreven door mij Hendrick Westfrisius notaris ... ter requisitie van de selve Dirck van Delft, ten overstaen van de ondergeschreven getuijgen. Postscript: Aldus gedaen ende geinventariseert ten woonhuijse van den requirant gestaen als voren ter presentie van Amelis Duijffen ende Willem Lossync ... den xi December 1657.
Commentary	Dirck Adriaensz. van Delft (de oude), the owner of the goods in the present inventory, was the younger brother of Pieter Adriaensz. van Delft, stone sculptor, cited in the NOTES to R 21468 of Montias2 (Pieter was born about 1576). Dirck Adriaensz. also the brother of Claes Adriaensz. van Delft cited in the TEXT to R 195 and of Herman Adriaensz. van Delft, master mason, who built the house of Herman de Bisschop on the Keizersgracht (R 20596). Claes, Pieter, and Herman were apprenticed as mason/sculptors to Hendrick de Keyser between 1610 and 1613 (Ann Adams, The Paintings of Thomas de Keyser, Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard Un., p. 21). Dirck Ariaensz. van Delft was married to Elisabeth van Steenwinckel. Dirck Dircksz. van Delft of INVNO 178 was the son of Dirck van Delft de oude of the present inventory. Pieter and Claes van Delft both lived on the Lelysgracht, presumably in the same house. On 5 December 1618, Meynert Jansz., master of the tax on bulk or coarse wares (grove waren), summoned a number of stone dealers and stone carvers, including Dirck van Delft (I), and asked them questions about their stock of stones (on which apparently taxes had not been paid) (NA 381, fol. 542 and foll.) Dirck Arentsz. Delft, also living on the Lelysgracht, paid a tax of 30 f. in 1631 (Kohier, fol. 304, p. 69). Dirck van Delft, like his brother Pieter Ariaensz., delivered marble floors for rich patricians. He received 126 f. for a floor built into the house of Joan Huydecoper on the Lauriersgracht (W. Fock in Oud Holland 112(1998)). On 23 June 1634, he was insinuated by the heirs of Claes Jacobsz. Coeckebacker (of R 28510 of Montias2) for leaving blue stones in a lot that had been sold at auction to Coert Danielsz. His wife (presumably Elisabeth Steenwinckel, cited below) said that the stones would be cleared away (NA 1184, Not. J. de Vos). On 21 August of the same year, these same heirs insinuated Dirck Ariaensz. Delff, summoning him to pay for a lot he had bought at auction that had belonged to the late Coeckebacker (ibid.) On 27 May 1649, Dirck Ariansz. van Delft, stone dealer, and his wife Elisabeth van Steenwinckel, drew up their testament. The children were given a bequest of 1,000 f. each. Daniel van Delft, the youngest son, was slated to inherit all the silverware. Dirck van Delft (of INVNO 178), the testators' oldest son, was slated to inherit all the clothing (NA 1601, fol. 27, Not. W. Hasen). Note that, with the possible exception of a painting by Van Goyen, there seems to be no overlap between the collection of the older and of the younger Dirck van Delft.
Notary	H. Westfrisius
Art Value	232 |d
# of Items	26
Montias1 #	410