The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Graeuw, Andries de (de oude)		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	6820
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	WK 5073/968
Date	1617/01/30
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Orphan Chamber
Purpose	assessment of death inventory
Family Name	Graeuw
Owner Name	Graeuw, Andries de (de oude)
Marriage Date	1600/04/?
Occupation	Merchant (largescale) |a Cloth, silk
Residence	Amsterdam
Introduction	Inventaris ende meubelen huijsraet schilderijen silver ende verguldewerck in den sterffhuyse van wijlen Andries de Grauwe sal. ... die Barbara Jacobs ende Reijm Thijsen gesworene uijtdraegsters, mitsgaders Alexander van der Hoeven goutsmith ende Guilliame Basse met Abraham Verwer schilders respective volgende hare verclaringe sinceerlijck getaxeert sijn ten prijse hiernae volgende... Hiernae volgen de schilderijen die getaxeert ende gepriseert syn by Guilliam Bassee ende Abraham Verwer schilders. Postscript: Aldus geinventariseert ende beschreven ter requisitie van Clara van Dalen weduwe van wijlen de voorn. Andries de Grauwe misgaders Adriaen Bourmans ende Joost de Boisot als testamenteurs van de uijterste willen van den selven Andries de Grauwe ... By my Sybrant Cornelisz. openbaer notaris ... de uijterste wille van den selven Andries de Grauwe... By my in Amsterdam den xxxen ende xxxi january mitsgaders eersten ende tweeden february anno xvi C seventien. Postscript: Aldus geinventariseert ende beschreven ter requisitie van Clara van Dalen, weduwe van wijlen de voor. Andries de Grauwe, mitsgaders Adriaen Boormans ende Joos de Boisot als testamenteurs van de uijterste wille van den selven Andries de Grauwe. By my Sybrant Cornelisz. openb. Not. 't Amsterdam den xxx ende xxxi january ende tweeden february anno xvi C seventien.
Commentary	On Andries de Graeuw (or Grauwe), see the text of R 582 in Montias1. De Graeuw's widow, Clara van Dalen, cited in the INTRO, was the daughter of Floris van Dalen of R 21369 of Montias2. Jacques Verspreet, also cited in the INTRO, was married to Maria van Dalen who may have been Clara's sister (see R 25596 of Montias2). Adriaen Bourmans (probably I cited in the NOTES to 27304) was the testamentary executive of the late Andries de Graeuw. There is a problem in identifying Guilliam Basse who, together with Abraham Verwer (of R 27531) who estimated the paintings. Guilliam Basse I was a dyer (R 31003 of Montias2), while the printmaker William Basse II was only four years old at the time of the sale. Jan Basse I was the father of the painter (and probably art dealer) Jan Basse II and of Guilliam Basse I. The painter referred to here as Guilliam Basse may have been a brother of Jan Basse I. Note that the auction sale comprised only 16 of the paintings that had been assessed in the present inventory. The records of the auction sale are reproduced in INVNO 682 of Montias2.
Notary	Sybrand Cornelisz.
Appraiser	Guilliam (Willem) Basse(e) and Abraham Verwer
Art Value	821 |d
# of Items	56
Montias1 #	593