| Commentary | Many frames were sold in the sale, including 30 for 4 st. a piece. From this it may tentatily be deduced that Arent Jansz. was a framemaker. Among the buyers of frames were Marten Elbertsz. Oom in't Moriaensstraet, Willem Claes kistemacker (coffin maker, joiner) on Uijlenburch in de Bataviers dwarsstraet, Harmen Dommer ebbenhoutwercker (ebony woodworker) in de Gasthuysmolensteech, Cornelis Theunisz. kistemacker, Symon Hendricksz. kistemacker, Jan Willemsz. Bos in de Molsteech. Harmen Dommer was the frameworker portrayed by Rembrandt in 1640 (Strauss, Rembrandt Documents, p. 318.) On an important document, dated 18 November 1625, concerning the ebony workers of Amsterdam, including Harmen Dommer and Jan Willemsz. Bos, see Van Dillen, Bronnen tot de geschiedenis van het bedrijfsleven R.G.P. 78(1933), pp. 584-5. |
