The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Loo, Pieter Jansz. van		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	920
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	WK 5073/961
Date	1635/05/26
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Orphan Chamber
Purpose	auction
Family Name	Loo
Owner Name	Loo, Pieter Jansz. van
Life Dates	? |d c. 1635
Occupation	Services |a Tax farmer, tax collector
Residence	Op de Blomgracht in Amsterdam
Introduction	Den 26en maij 1635 zyn de naergelaten goederen van Pieter Jansz. van Loo vercocht.
Commentary	The works of art owned by Pieter Jansz. van Loo may have been sold separately. The present sale contained some silver and a few jewels, including a diamond, which was sold to Sara IJsacx (of R 27195 of Montias2) for 11 f. 5 st. Pieter Jansz van Loo lived op de Dam (on the N.Z.) in 1606 when he bought lots in the Haarlem lottery for 7 f. (GAA 119/22 F 882). This address corresponds to the one he gave when he seems to have been underbidder for three lots in 1609 (including R 29436, where he gave his address as in de 3 Vijseltgens op den Dam, where auction sales were frequently held). . On 6 May 1613, Pieter Jansz. van Loo was said to be impost meester van de bieren (Van Dillen, Bronnen tot de geschiedenis van het bedrijfsleven R.G.P. 78(1933), p.48; in 1630, he was said to be impost meester van de wijnen (ibid. p. 709). In 1631, Pieter Jansz. van Loo, living on the Keizersgracht, paid a tax of 20 f. (Kohier fol. 90, p. 22). Abraham Jansz. van Loo was presumably the brother of Pieter Jansz. On 10 July 1635, Abraham Jansz. van Loo, the uncle, and Reynier Ranson, the uncle by marriage, of Sara van Loo (presumably Pieter Jansz.'s sister) brought assets to the Orphan Chamber for Hester, 14, and Lysbeth, 10, inherited from their grandaunt Lisbeth Ridders (WK 5073/789). On 8 October 1635, Harmen Jacobsz. van Doornick, who had been appointed guardian and administrator over the person of Claes van Loo, the orphan child left by Pieter Jansz. van Loo, who had lived on the Bloemgracht, named Hendrick Teunisz., as husband and guardian of Mary Jans, the sister and co-heir of Pieter Jansz. van Loo, to collect rents due to the estate. Claes and Mary Jans divided the estate in equal halves (NA 772, Not. Verhey). On 18 October 1635, the Orphan Chamber received the sum of 968 f. from the estate of Pieter Jansz. van Loo, lyndrayer (linen worker), whose late mother was Ytge Gerrits [G...t]. Pieter Jansz. was apparently not married (WK 5073/789). Pieter van der Loo of INVNO 1310, a diamond cutter and jeweler, was another individual. Finally, there was a broker named Pieter de Loo who was said to be 36 years old in an act dated 14 October 1637 (NA 522, film 4861). He may be identical with the spices merchant Pieter van Loo who was said to be 21 years old when he was betrothed to Aeffgen van der Waart, on 1 February 1625. He was assisted by his aunt Maijken de Vries. Both of the betrothed were living in Leiden (DTB 763/136).
Notary	Daniel Jansz. van Beuningen
Total Value	1474 |d 19 st.
Art Value	7 |d 5 st.
# of Items	4
Montias1 #	788