The complete work of Rembrandt : history, description and heliographic reproduction of all the master's pictures, with a study of his life and his art
Bode, Wilhelm von, 1845-1929 | Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 | Hofstede de Groot, C. (Cornelis), 1863-1930 | Simmonds, Florence
The beginning of the letter evidently refers to the fact that the Prince had objected to the propos- ed price of 1000 gilders per picture, suggested by Rembrandt in his fourth letter. Rembrandt, on the other hand, had already pointed out in his third letter, that he had been obliged to give a good deal of time to these pictures, as they are full of anima- tion and of natural movement. This circumstance, together with the increasing prices Rembrandt was gradually receiving for his works, and his mo- mentary want of money, had induced him to ask 1000 gilders each for the pictures. As, however, he had in his fourth letter, declared that he would be satisfied with a smaller price, he will content himself with 600 gilders. The expression “ de kas ” in § 3 is ambiguous. It may mean either the case in which the pictures were packed, although the value of this would hardly have been insisted upon by the painter, or a little shrine or box, in which it was then customary to enclose very valuable pictures. But if we accept this latter reading, it remains inexplicable why only one “ kas ” should have been sent for the two pictures. No. 69. REMBRANDT’S SEVENTH LETTER TO HUYGENS § 1. Rembrandt makes a reluctant appeal to Huygens, at the suggestion of the collector Wtten- bogaert, to whom he had complained of the delay in payment, § 2. due to the Treasurer Volbergen, who denies having received the half-yearly taxes. § 3. Wttenbogaert, however, assured him on Wed- nesday last, that Volbergen had received the taxes regularly each half year, up to date, so that there must be over 4000 caroli at present in the Exche- quer. § 4- As therefore circumstances are propi- tious, Rembrandt begs his gracious lord to give orders that the bill on the Treasury be met forth- with, § 5. so that he may at last receive his well- earned 1244 gilders. §6. Rembrandt will always endeavour to requite this service on the part of Huygens with reverence, devotion and friendship. § 7. He greets him heartily, and trusts that God may long keep him in good health to his comfort. § 8. Rembrandt is living on the Binnen Amstel, in the Sugar Bakery. Myn Heer Si 1 . Mijn Heer met schroomen ist dat ick ue met mijn schrijvens kom besoucken ende dat doort seggen van den ontfanger wtten boogaert, die ick lardeeren van mijn betaeling klaechden ; § 2. hoe dat den tre- sooricr volbergen dat lochgenl als dat daer jaerlickx intressen getrockcn werdcn § 3. soo heeft my den ontfanger wtten boogaert nu voorlceden woondach 1639 About February 1 5-17 - T90 — V'k' i 'ffflffiiff .. i already deli' i d, the pi-'. :,A-- them was i ■ <!' ■ A- then •• re ciivum>! ; - :tr.- pi\.j.i- S 7. Ifo greet* him heartily, and trusts that God nt 't Oekn "a m ifft dm ick ue met. 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UE. DW. ende geaffexcioncerden dienaer Rembrandt. § 8. ick woon op de binnen-emster in die suyker- backerrij. Address : Mynheer Mynheer van Suylylium Ract ende Secretaryus van Sijn Iloocheijt in den Port. Schraeucn Haegh. First published from the original, now in the British Museum, by Burnet, Rembrandt and his Works , 1849, p. 1 4, with facsimile. The calligra- phic signs on the address of this letter, which Burnet read as Oct. 10 (i638), have not yet been deci- phered. This letter completes the extant correspondence between Rembrandt and Huygens. No. 70. FREDERICK HENRY’S ORDER THAT 7 PAYMENT BE MADE TO REMBRANDT Upon the attestation of the Lord of Zuylichem, Frederick Henry sends an order to his treasurer, Thyman van Volbergen, to pay Rembrandt 1244 carolus-gilders for two pictures : an Entombment and a Resurrection , which Rembrandt has painted and delivered to him. Ordonnantie boek van Frederik Hendrik 1637-1641. p. 242. Den xv h februarij 1639 is gcdepescheert ordon- nancic op d'altestatie van d'Hcer van Zuylichem ten behouve vanden schilder Rembrandt , a Is volcht : Sijne Hoocheijt ordonneert hiermede Thyman 1 . This word is erased. van Volbergen synen Tresorier ende Rcnlmeester- gencrael , te be talc n am den schilder Rembrandt de s onime van twaelffhondert vier en veerticli carolus guldens , over twee stucken schilder ij wesende 't eene de b egr aefferi isse ende het under de Verrijsenisse vanonse Ileer Christas, bij hem gcmaeckt ende gele- vertaenSijn Iloocheijt , uijtwijsende de bovenstaende verdaringe ende midts f. 1244 : 0:0 First published by Jhr. H. Six van Ilillegom, loc. cit. under No. 66, p. 14G. A portrait of the Thyman van Volbergen here mentioned was painted by Moreclse. It was at the Hague Portrait Exhibition 1903, n° 96 in the cata- logue. No. 71. REMBRANDT COPIES RAPHAEL 1639 April 9 § I. The portrait of Balthazar di Castiglione was sold by public auction at Amsterdam for 35oo gil- ders. § 2. The entire cargo (of pictures), belonging to Lucas van UiTelen realised f. 59,406. § 1. De conte batasar de hast ylyone van racfacl, verkoft voor 3500 gilders. § 2. hed geheel caergesoen tot Luke van Nuffeelen heft gegolden f. 59456 : — : A no 1639. First published from the original in the Albertina, Vienna, by Vosmaer, p. 521; photographed by Braun, facsimiled in Schonbrunner and Meder’s, Ilandzcichnungen der Albertina. The inscription is written on either side of and beneath a hasty pen and ink sketch by Rembrandt of Raphael’s famous portrait of Castiglione (') which, as we know from Sandrart’s Teutschen Aca- demic, 1, p. 55 b, was sold by auction at Amsterdam on April 9, 1639. Rembrandt was probably pre- sent at the sale, and may have made the sketch in the auction-room. For Rembrandt’s use of this sketch in the etching of himself made this year (Bartsch, n° 21), cf. Ilofstede de Groot in the Jahrbuch derKgl. Preuss. Kunstsammlungen,\o\ . xv, p. 180 etseq. and Oud Holland, ix, p. 72. According to Sandrart, loc. cit., Lucas van Ufle- len’s sale took place on April 9. The expression “ caergesoen ” justifies the inference that he had brought a shipload of Italian pictures to Amster- dam. The Alfonso Lopez mentioned under No. 90 secured the portrait for 35oo gilders, Sandrart having run the price up to 34oo gilders. 1. Cf. on this point F. A. Grayer, Raphael, Peintre de Por- traits, 11, p. 8'5. 1639 No. 72. COPIES AFTER REMBRANDT AMONG April .3 The PROPERTY LEFT BY A CITIZEN OF AMSTERDAM Among the property left by Aert Conincx, who died in his house on the western side of the Keizers- graclit at Amsterdam, and whose inventory, drawn up April 13-17, i63p, includes a great number of pictures, were the following items : In the ante-room of the upper story : Een jongmanstronie [head of a youth] nae Rem- brant , sonder lyst [without a frame]. Een outmanstronye [head of an old man] sonder lyst nne Rembrant. Een studentc tronie [head of a student] nae Rem- brant. Een Turcxe tronie [head of a Turk] nae Rem- brant. Unpublished extract made by A. Bredius from the file of the notary P. Barcman, of Amsterdam. Aert Conincx was the father of the painters Jacob and Philips Ivoning, both pupils of Rembrandt. Although their names do not appear as such in the inventory, they were probably the copyists. No copies after Rembrandt, nor any obvious pasticci in his master’s manner by Philips Koning are extant, but the Hermitage at St. Petersburg and the Copenhagen Gallery both possess a Figure-piece by Jacob Koning, differing essentially from his Fine, characteristic landscapes. The First (n° 869 in the catalogue) is an old woman; the second (in the magazine) is a portrait of a youth in the manner of Rembrandt’s earliest studies of himself. 1639 No. 73. VALUATION OF A PICTURE May BY REMBRANDT On May 12, 1639, the painters Sr. Lucas Luce and Hendrick Uylenborch valued a number of pic- tures at Amsterdam, at the request of Cornelis Rutgers’ widow, and among them : Een conlcrfeytsel gedaen bij Rembrandt f. 100 First published after a communication by A. Bre- dius, from the file of the notary B. J. Verbeecq, of Amsterdam, in Oud Holland ', 1898, xvi, p. 1 44 (an extract). Cf. also No. 62. Two only of the remaining pictures were valued at a higher sum. These were a Martyr- dom of St. Laurence, by C. Poelenburg (f. 25o), and a Feast of the Gods, by the unknowm pain- ter Hendrick Schut, alias Brootsack (') (f. 3oo). The other pictures were valued as follows : P. Claesz, Rreakfast, f. 24 — , the elder Coninxloo (Gillis) f. 5o — , Hals, f. 12 — •, Copy after Poelen- burg, Ascension, f. 24 — , Porcellis, Small Stormy Landscape, f. 72 — , Stormy Landscape , f. 3o — , Landscape in fine Weather, f. Go — , Savery, f. 3o — , de Stom(’) f. 24 — , Adam Willers, f. 18 — Hendrick Uylenborch is the often mentioned cousin of Saskia, art-dealer, publisher, and painter. For Lucas Lucae, cf. the catalogue of the Utrecht Exhibition of 1894, under n0’ 376, 377. The two pictures there mentioned, and a picture in the manner of Lundens in the collection of the late Mr. A. II. II. v. d. Burgh of the Hague, are the only known works by him. No. 74. A CANDLE-LIGHT SUBJECT 1639 BY REMBRANT 0ctol,er ’9 In the inventory of the deceased Anthony Gail- lard of Amsterdam, drawn up on October 29, 1G39, the following entry occurs under n° 5G, among some 1 65 pictures : Een nacht, of Icerslight van Rembrant. Unpublished extract, made by A. Bredius from the Fde of the notary Hasen, of Amsterdam. Among the extant works of Rembrandt, painted before 1640, Five are night-pieces, Bode’s Plates 1, 4, 5, i3o and i32. No. 75. PICTURES BY REMBRANDT IN THE About COLLECTION OF CHARLES I. 1640 OF ENGLAND The Second Volume of all such of the King’s Pic- tures, as were by his Majesty's especial appoint- ment placed , and at this present time remaining in Whitehall, in the several places following. P. i3o. In the King's long Gallery towards the Orcherd are these his Majesty’s pictures at this instant placed as followeth. P. 1 46. n° 81. Done by Rembrandt , and given to the King by my Lord Ankrom. A young scholar, sitting upon a stool , in a purple cap and black gown , reading in a book , by a sca- 1. Cf. for the name, Obrecn's Archie f, vol. in, table F. Cor- nelias Scut alias Brootsaken. 2. Either the still-life painter Maerten Boelema de Stomme, or the portrait-painter Jan Jansz de Stomme. coal fire, a pair of tongs hanging by ; painted upon cloth without a frame. Length 5 f 1 inch, breadth 4 f. 3 inch. P. 147, n° 87. Done by Rembrandt, and given to the King by my Lord Ankrom. Above my Lord Ankrom s door, the picture done by Rembrandt, being his own picture, and done by himself in a black cap and furred habit, with a little golden chain upon both his shoulders; in an oval and a square black frame. Length 2 f. 4 in. breadth if. 1 i in. P . i5o, n° 10 J . Done by Rembrandt , and given to the King, by my Lord Ankrom. Retween the sixteenth and last window, an old woman with a great scarf upon her head, with a peaked falling band-, in a black frame. Length 2 f. breadth 1 f. 6 in. First published from Vertue’s manuscript in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, (a transcription of Van der Doort’s original inventory), under the title : “ A Catalogue and Description of Ring Charles the First’s Capital Collection of Pictures, limnings, statues, bronzes, medals and other curiosities. The whole transcribed and prepared for the Press and a great part of it printed, by the late ingenious Mr. Vertue, and now finished from his papers. London, W. Bathoc MDCCLVII, 4°, p. 83, etseq. ” Reprinted in part by Waagen as Appendix A to the second volume of his Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London, John Murray, 1 854, p. 465 et seq. According to Waagen, the inventory was probably made in 1639. No. 87 occurs in : “ A Catalogue of the Collection of pictures etc. belonging to King James the Second...” London, printed for W. Bathoe MDCCLVIII. P. 12, n° 129. Rembrant his picture, done by h imself. The same, No. 10 1. P. 10 , n° 113. By Rembrant. An old womans picture in a veil. Cf. herewith No. 552 : An old woman s head, a limning after Rembrant. In respect of the first picture, I have already suggested on several occasions (') that it was not a Rembrandt, but a Lievens, and in fact, the Lievens which, as Orlers tells us (p. 377), Frederick Henry gave to the English Ambassador, who presented it in his turn to the King, namely the Student {life- size) reading by a Turf Fire. Taking into account the great similarity of Rembrandt’s and Lievens’ 1. Qiicllenstudien, 1, p. i^o: Oiut Holland , 1893, xi, p. 317. early works, there would be nothing extraordinary in such a confusion, and it is significant that there is no picture of this subject by Lievens in the list of the King s works of art. The picture in question has disappeared. 1 he portrait of the artist himself described under No. 87 as an oval picture of Rembrandt with a black cap, a furred jacket, and a gold chain over both shoulders, agrees absolutely as to description, and approximately as to dimensions, with the Louvre portrait of the year i634, Bode, Plate 164 : 2 f. 4 inches by 1 f. 11 inches = o m. 71 cm. by om. 58 cm., and the Louvre picture measures o m. 68 cm. by o m. 53 cm. No other portrait of himself by Rembrandt painted before 1639 agrees more closely with the description in either parti- cular ('). The first printed mention of the Louvre picture occurs in 1750, in the catalogue of the De Vence collection. No. roi. The old woman with the large head cloth is the portrait of Rembrandt’s mother, still at Windsor, Bode, Plate 24. No. 76. PURCHASE OF A PICTURE 1641 BY REMBRANDT Anno 1G40 ghecoft een Stucxken, daerin cen brille man, van Rembrant , geteykent N. 56 vor f. 31. 10. Communicated by G. van Enst Koning to Dr. P. Scheltema, and published by the latter in Aemstel's Oudheid, i855, vol. 1, p. 187, note 29 to : Redevoe- ring over het leven cn de werken van R. v. d. Heist. Neither buyer nor seller is mentioned, and we have no indication of the source from which the memorandum came. The words “ Stucxken, daerin een brilleman ” must signify “ A small oil- painting, representing a spectacle-seller ”, for the price is too high for a drawing or etching, “ Getey- kent N. 56 ” means “ numbered 56 ”. The picture has disappeared. No. 77. VALUATION OF A PICTURE 1640 BY REMBRANDT April a > In a valuation on the inventory of the Amsterdam art-dealer, Johannes de Renialme, dated April 25, 1640, we find the following item : No. 19. Een pricster van Rembrant f. 100. — 1. It is impossible to identify the portrait with that of a hoy, still at Windsor, firstly, because of the subject, secondly because of the shape (oval), thirdly because of the dimensions, and fourth- ly, because of the details of the description. 1640 July 29 1640 August 3o Tlie works of other masters were valued as fol- lows : [Jacob] Backer; portrait, f. f\o. — , A. Boss- chaert, f. 24. — , J- v. Goyen, f. 12. — [Frans?] Hals, f. 12. — , J. M. Molenaer, f. 10. — [twice], f. 1 2. — , f. 14. — [twice], f. 24. — [3 times], f. 36. f . 60. — , f. 20 [for 5 pieces, probably the Five Senses ], and f. 25 [5 small pictures, probably the same], Poelenburg, f. 60. — , Porcellis, f. 4°- — [3 times], Savery, f. 18. — and f. 3o. — , Hercules Seghers, f. 9. — [with an animal by Savery], f. 10. — [twice], f. 14. — , f. 18. — [4 times], f. 20. — , f. 3o. — [3 times]; besides 2 pieces together, f. 18. — , 2 pieces together, f. 36. — , 6 pieces together, f. 90. — and 1 2 pieces together, f. 288. — Making 34 pic- tures in all by H. Seghers! Perhaps the works left by the painter at his death. Unpublished extract made by A. Bredius from the file of the notary J. Jacobsz, of Amsterdam. No. 78. BAPTISM OF A DAUGHTER OF REMBRANDT’S 1640 July. Den 29e" dito op sondach syn gcdoop dese navol- gende kinder en : Rcmbrant van Rijn de Gommissaris Francoys Saskia van Uylenborg Copal Tina van Uylenborg brach- ten ten h . doop Cornelija. From the Doopboek of the Oude Kerk, Septem- ber i634 — December, i643; first published by Dr. P. Scheltema, AemstcTs Qudheid , 1 863 , v, p. 196. Saskia’s sister Titia and her husband, Francois Copal, appear as sponsors. The girl was named after Rembrandt’s mother. No. 79. REMBRANDT GIVES A POWER OF ATTORNEY IN CONNECTION WITH A LEGACY TO HIS WIFE Rembrandt declares that he has given powers to the advocate, Dr Casparus van Campen of Leeuwar- den, to collect the money bequeathed to Saskia by her aunt and namesake, from the other legatees, who would not pay it, and to exact the interest due thereupon from the day of the aunt’s death. 30 Augustus 1640 compareerde d'ccrsamc Sr. Rembrandt van Rijn , burger deser stede , aide verclaerde machligh gemaeckt te hebben Doctor Casparus van Campen, Advocaet voor den Ed. Hove van V rieslant, ommc uyt — synen name le eyschen — van de erfgenamen van za : Saske van Uylenburgb, zijne comparanls huysvrouwen moeye was, totLeeu- warden overleden , sodanighe somme van penningen als zijne eomparants voorsz. huysvrouwe by Testa- mente van de voorsz. Saske van Uylenburgb is gele- gateert , endc bij de voorsz. erfgenamen gedetineert wert , metten intereste van ’t voorsz. legaet tsedert den sterfdcigh van de voorsz. van Uylenburgb , Etc. The witnesses w'ere : Ferdinandus Bol and Ilerke Ibbeler, journeyman shoemaker. First published from the file of the notary A. Loefs, Amsterdam, in Oud Holland, 1888, v, p. 218, Rem- brandt, Nieuwe Rijdragen tot zijne Levensgescbiede- nis door A. Bredius en Mr. N. de Roever , n. No. 80. BURIAL OF REMBRANDT’S MOTHER Fol. R lie. S“ pieters RercR September 1640 den 14 dito No. 25 de vrotuv van barmen gerits molenaer op de oude vest. From the “ Register van overlijdende personen, begravenbinnen Leyden, begostden 5 October i636, geeyndiget den 18 Augustij 1646; ” first published by Jhr. W. J. C. Rammelman Elsevier, loc. cit. under No. 4- No. 81. VALUATION OF PICTURES BY REMBRANDT On October 24, 1640, Hans van Coninxloo hands over, in settlement of a debt, a number of works of art, at a valuation made by II. Uylenburgh and Fr. de Ivaersgieter. Among them were the following : Een doeck, een Samson naer [Samson, on canvas, after] Rcmbrant f. 15. — Een doeck, een dame naer [portrait of a lady, after] Rcmbrant f. 25 — Een print exe homo van | print, Ecce Homo by] Rcmbrant [no valuation]. Unpublished extract made by A. Bredius from the file of the notary J. v. d. Ven, of Amsterdam. The Samson may have been the Cassel copy of the Blinding of Samson in the Schonborn Gallery at Vienna. The Ecce Homo is the large upright plate of i636, Bartsch n° 77. Among the original pictures valued were : A. Brouwer, f. 20. — , J. v. Bijlert, f. 4o. — , Lucas Cranach, f. 10. — , G. Flinck, f. 10. — , D. Hals, f. 12. — , and II. Pot, f. 12. 1640 September 1 4 1640 October 24 1640 November a No. 82. INVENTORY AND APPORTIONMENT OF THE ESTATE OF REMBRANDTS MOTHER The following deed contains a brief inventory of the estate of Rembrandt’s mother, with a valuation of the property and its apportionment among the four heirs : the three sons Adriaen, Rembrandt and Willem, and the daughter Elisabeth, the latter represented by the guardians she herself had appointed for this purpose, Adriaen Paets, the no- tary, and her cousin, Dominicus Jansz van der Pluym. We divide the deed into four sections : I. The Assets. II. The Liabilities. III. The Apportionment among the four heirs. IV. Special Dispositions. Sommiere staet schiftinge encle scheydinge , aen- delinge endc begrolinge van den boedel ende goede- ren van Neeltgen Willemsdr. van Zuytbrouck , we- duwe van Harman Gcrritsz van It by n , gemaeckt ende bij geschrifte gestelt bij mij Adriaen Paets not1 pu- bl. ten verzoucke van eers. Adriaen Harmansz van Rhijn , Item Sr. Rembrant Ilarmcnsz van Rhijn , Willem Harmansz van Rhijn ende Elysabeth Har- mansdr. van Rhyn in desen geadsisteerf by den Eers. Dominicus Jansz van der Pluym heur neve ende voor. Adriaen Paets als hare gecoren voochden alle vier voljaerde kinderen ende erffgenamen van de voorsz. Neeltgen Willemsdr. van Zuytbrouck , gestelt in guldens, stuvers ende penningen nae bcloop van dien als volcht. I. Assets. § 1. The various houses and pieces of land, valued by the municipal carpenter and master-mason at the sums set down against them, in accordance with the deed of valuation of October 16, 1640. § 2. The half of the malt mill on the rampart near the White Gate, the other half of which belongs to Clement Lenertsz Ruys. § 3. Adriaen may buy this half for the same sum Ruys paid for his half, i. e. f. 4 1 65, of which he is to pay f. 600 ready money, and the rest in yearly instalments of f. 3oo. § 4- Three months after his mother’s death, he is to say whether he accepts this proposal or not; on October 3o, 1640, he answered in the affirmative. § 5. The cash value of this f. 4 1 65 — reckoned against the xvi,h penny, i. e. G i/4 0/0, is f. 3o64 in gilders, omitting stuivers and pence. § 6. A further asset consists of a garden and a plot of ground on the upper Rhine Dyke, outside the White Gate, in the commune of Soeterwoude, valued at 4oo gilders, charged with a ground tax of f. 5. — a year. § 7. The leases pertaining to the estate. $ 8. The furniture and wearing apparel etc., valued by one Neeltgen Ponssen, arc divided among the heirs by common consent; certain things are bought [probably a clerical error for sold], and Rembrandt has duly noted everything. § 9. The heirs further declare, that Adriaen owes the sum of 1 Goo gilders to the estate, which he is to repay, according to his mother’s will, in four yearly instal- ments. This debt is not divided. I. Voordelen. § 1 . Eerst de huy singe ende erve staende endc gelegen inde Weddesteech bij de Witte poort , dae- rinne de voorsz. Neel/ge Willemsdr. gewoont hecfl ende overleden es met een acliterhuy singe ende plaetse die , bij de stadts mr • metselaer ende timerman ge- taxeertes op de somme van achtien bonder t guldens , in ger cede geld e, hier daervoor s telle f 1800. — Nock de huy singe ende erve staende op ten Rhyn bij de Witte poort over de stadtstimerwerff, bewoont werdenle bij de voorsz. Adriaen Harmensz , die bij de voorsz. personen getaxeerd es op f 2200. — Noch de huysinge ende erve mede staende oplen voorsz. Rhijn , bewoont werdende by Euwout Claesz. van Outshoorn die byde voorsz. personen getaxeerd es op f 11 00. — Nock de twee huysgens ende heure erven staende endc gelegen bezyden den anderen opten voorsz. Rhijn , daervan t' cene bewoont wert bij Jan Pieters:, straelwercker, ende tander bij Jacob den drooch- scheerder , die by de voorsz. personen getaxeert zyn op f 1800. — Noch de twee huysgens ende heuren erve, staende ende gelegen opte binnenplaetse achter de voorgaende drie huysgens , die by de voorsz. personen getaxeert zijn op f 325. — A lies blijekende by de acte van de taxatic by de voors. personen geteyckent in dato den 16e" October 1640. § 2. Noch de helfte van een moutmolen, staende op de Vestwalle, by de Wittepoort , waervan de wcderhelfl Clement Lenertsz. Ruys toebehoort , § 3. die de voors. Adriaen Harmansz. volgens de codicillaire dispositic van voors. Neeltgen Willemsdr. zijnemoederin coope aenslaen ende genie ten mack, of hem bij scheydinghe doen aendelen voor zooda- nige somme van penningen als de Eers. Clement Lenertsz zyne helfte gecoft lice ft wesende f 4165. — volgens de brieff van opdrachte daervan zijnde , tc betalen , staende met f 600. — gercet ende met f300. — tjaers , § 4. mils dat dselve Adriaen liar- mans:-, binnen drie maenden nac toverlijdcn van zijnc moeder dienaengaendc verclaringe xoude nxocten doen . Ende alsoo dselve Adriaen Harmensz opten XXX October 1640 verclaert heeft dat liy gcstnt ende lev reden es de helfte dcr voorsz. molen voor de voorgemeldc sommc te be tale n als vooren (ten te staen en hem bij scheidinge te sullen laeten aendeclen voor de sommc van f 4165. — te betalen als vooren § 5. ende dselve sommc gereduceert zynde tegen de penning zestien op ronde jaercn, bevonden es mettcn voors. gereede penningen contant waerdich te zyn de sommc van f 3064. — 2 st avers van lien penningen soo vert alhier gc- bracht dselve f 3064. — (') § 6. Noc/i een thuya ende hcuren ervc gelegen in Soetervoude , buy ten de Witte poort aen den lloogen Rijndijck groot omtrcnt 62 rocden belast met vrii vijf gulden tjaers die met gemeen advys bij provisic genomcn es op f400. — § 7. Rcntebrief. Noch de helfte van een jaerlicxe rente van vier gouden Engelsche nobelen eleke nobel vyftalven engelsclic wcgende ten lastc van van der Burch brouwer in de Bel tot Delft, daervorcn jaerlicx betaelt vert vijf gulden acht stivers dacrvan alrcede twee jaercn vcrlopen zyn daervorcn alhier met gemeen goetvinden genomcn es f 100. — Noch een rente van tvee pont hollu tjaers vesendc der tick stivers ten lastc van pieter Willems. . .. aen stuck lants gelegen int vesteynde tot zoeter- voude dacrvan ecu jaar ten achtcren es daervorcn in vougen voorsegt .... genomen es. . f30. — Noch een obligatie ten laste van Adam Willemsz van Zvanenburch inkludende f 265. — hooftsoms lopende ten interest de penning zestien verscliij hetide den XI Julij hier daerover dselve. . . f 265. — Dae rvan gccn interest ten achtcren es dan zedert de leste vcrschyndach van desen Jacre 1640. Noch een obligatie ten laste van Rens Jacobsz van f 100.— hooftsoms lopende ten interest den penning zestien verschynende omtrcnt St. Jacob dacrvan geen inte- rest ten achtcren es, als zedert de leste vcrschyndach, bier f WO.— Wat belangt tgene rcsteert vandc obligatie van Jacob Thysz tot Katvyck vesendc thien gulden of daeromtrent dacrvan zal apparenteliek nict veel comen , hiervoor memorie § 8. Wat belangt den huysraet ende inboedel des i . 1 lie sum was first set down as f 3o6.J. i. 7. This was erased, and under it is written : tic stuvers cntle penningen lecrrtcn Ic goette gelalen. voorsz. boedels , dzelve hebbende vier kinderen onder den anderen ten overstaan van Neel/gen Ponssen by lo tinge ende anderssins gedeell ende gesclieijden , behalven verscheyden parlyen, die sij gecoft hebben. dacrvan bij de voorsz. Rembrant van Rhijn notitic gchouden es. Hiervoor memorie § 9. Alhier vert verclaert , dat d voorsz. Adriaen Harman sz. aen zijn moeder schuldich es de sommc van f 1 600. — , die desclve volgcns de vuyterste ville van de voorsz. zijn moeder betalen moet met f 400. ’ s jaers , 't eerste cenjaer nae ’ t overlijden van dzelve en zoo vcrvolgens aen , ende alsoo dzelve sommc in 't gemeen gchondenende onverdeelt gelalen zal verden, soo vert tselve hier gebracht.. . ter gcdachtenis Somma Totalis van de voors parlyen van voorde- len beloopt 11.184.0.0 II. Liabilities. § 1 . The liabilities consist of a sum of money due to one Pieter Ilendricksz van Gorten and a charge upon the estate on behalf of the daughter. § 2. The taxes and expenses and the cost of the funeral have so far been borne by Adriaen, who will conti- nue to pay them, until the final settlement, when the brothers and sister will each pay an equal share. § 3. After deducting the debts, the estate gives a total of 9960 gilders, or 2490 gilders for each of the heirs. II. Schulden en lasten § 1. Eerst compt alhier de sommc van f400. — hooftsoms die Pieter Ilenricx van Gorten volgcns obligatie ten laste van den voors. bocdel comende es mettcn intereste van dien jegens vijf ten hondert zedert om treat St. Jacob 1639 daervorcn alhier ge- bracht vert mettcn vercoop voor. . . f 424. Nog de somme van f 800. — die Elysabelh Har- mansdr. van vegen hear zal' vaders erffenis ende de voorsz. Neel/gen Willemdr. heur moeder , dzelve bij testamente voorvuyt gemaeckt ende gelegateert heeft. f800.— § 2. Wat belangt de verpondinge van de huysen , item van de tliuyn, de dootschulden ende andere den sterfhuyse aengaende dselve zijn bij Adriaen van llhijn ten decle betaelt ende sullen voort betaelt ver- den dacrvan dselve aen zyn broeders ende zuster behoorlicke reeckening zal doen ende t sloth van dien bij liquidatie onder de declplichtigc vereffent,gclyck geslelt ende vergoet verden ’ tvelck hier dient voor memorie § 3\ Somme van voors. schulden ende lasten beloop f 1224.— Devellke getrocken zynde van de voordelen deses boedels vert bevonden over te schieten ende den su- veren mochsen (?) dcs boedcls te wesen de somtne van f 9960. — Daervan e/cx gerechte vierde paert bedraecht f 2490.— III. Apportionment of the Estate. § i. Adriaen receives as his share the paternal house in the Weddesteeg, the garden and the plot of land before the White Gate, and a sum of 290 gil- ders out of the total of 600 gilders in ready money which he has to pay over to the estate. § 2. Rem- brandt gets the mortgage on Adriaen’s half of the mill, representing a cash value of 2464 gilders, and a ground rent of a cash value of 3o gilders; for this he is to pay his sister 4 gilders in cash. § 3. Willem gets a house on the Rhine, in which his brother Adriaen has been living, valued at 2200 gilders, and also 290 gilders out of the sums due to the estate. § l\. Elisabeth gets in addition to her share of f. 2490, a first charge of 800 gilders, making in all f. 3290, secured to her on five smal1 houses behind the parental house, valued at f. 3225 and a sum of f. G5 in ready money, or out of sums due to the estate. III. I olclit nu aendelinge , vereffeninge cade begrotingc van elcx voors. erffportie. § 1. Adriaen Harmansz van Rhijn. Compt als voorsz voor zyn erffportie. f 2490.0. 0 Tot voldocninge vande welcke hy hebben cnde ge- nieten zal cnde dselve by desen aenbedeelt wert : Eerst de huysingc ende erve staende in de weddestecch daerinne zyne moeder gewoont heefl ende overleden es, voor de sornrne van. f 1800. — • Noc/i de thuyn cnde zyn erve buy ten de wittepoort aen den hogen Rijndyck boven de last daeropslaende voor f400. — Ende noch van de gereede penninge ter sotnme van f 600. — vande halve molen die dzelve sc/iuldich es ende opbrengcn moet de somtne van. . f 290. — Compt samen f 2490. — 12. Sr. Rembrant Harmansz van Rhijn. Compt over zyn erffportie mode. . . f 2490 Tot voldocninge van dewelcke hy hebben cnde ge- nie ten zal ende dselve by desen aenbedeelt ends toegevoucht wert : Eerst de custingpenningen ter sommc van f 3565. — , te betalen met fSOO. — sjaers den eersten november 1641 tlieerst , die Adriaen Harmansz van wegen de coope der halve molen schuldich es, bedra- gcnde volgens reductie als vooren. . f 2464. — Ende noch hct rentgen tot Soeterwoude ter somtne van f 30.— Compt f 2494 hebbende mitsdien tover vier gulden die hy vuyt keren moet aen zyn zustcr Lysbeth Harmansdr. § 3. Willem Ha rmansz van Rhijn. Compt voor zyn erffportie mede. . . . f2490. Tot voldoeninghe vande welcke dselve hebben ende genieten zal ende hem by desen aenbedeelt wert Eerst de liuysinge ende erve staende opten Rhijn over de stadtstimmerwer/f daerinne zyn broeder Adriaen Harmansz wonende es voor. . f 2200. — Noch de rentebrieff ten laste vanden brouwer lot Delft voor de somtne van f 100. — Nochvuyt deobligatieten laste van Adam Willemsz van Zwanenburch de sotnme van. . . . f 165. — Ende noch vuyt de obligatic van Reus Jacobsz de sommc van f 25. Compt f 2490.— %4.Elysabeth Harmansdr. van Rhijn. Compt voor hear erffportie gelijeh vooren mede f 2490. — Ende noch voor heur vaders erffenis ende tgene heur moeder dselve voorvuyt gemaeckt heeft de sotnme van f 800.— Compt tsamen f 3290. — Tot voldocninge vande welcke dzelve zal hebben ende genieten cnde by desen aenbedeelt ende toege- voucht wert Eerst de liuysinge cnde erve staende opten Rhijn genaempt de oudevestwalle bewoont werdende by Euwout Claesz van Oufshoorn voor de sotnme van f 1100.— Noch de twee huysen cnde erven staende cnde gele- gen bezyden den anderen opten voorsz Rhijn naest de voorgenteldc liuysinge daervan teen bewoont wert by Jan Pielersz straetwerckcr ende tander by Jacob den droochschcerder voor de sommc van. f 1800. — Noch de twee c ley tie achterhuysgens staende ac liter de voors. drie huysen voor de sommc van. f 325. — Noch vuyt de obligatie op Rens Jacobsz de sotnme van f61. — linde noch van Rembrant van Rhyn de sotnme van f 4. — die deselve tover heeft. Compt tsamen f 3290. — IV. Special Dispositions. § 1 . The manner in which the sum of f. 424 is to be paid to Pieter Hendricx van Gorten. § 2. Adriaen is to pay his debt of f. 1G00 to the estate in such manner, that his brothers and sister may each re- ceive 100 gilders from him annually for four years. — *97 § 3. Adriaen had promised his mother during her last illness, that he would take care of his sister, and has accordingly made an agreement with the latter, that she should have board and lodging, firing and light in his house for the sum of 200 gil- ders a year; 5o gilders of this are to be devoted to her clothing, etc., and Adriaen is to receive the re- maining 100 gilders. § L \ . Elisabeth, however, only receives 1 8 1 gilders in all from the rents of her houses, and from this sum repairs and taxes have to be deducted. § 5. Adriaen having pointed this out to his brothers, they have induced Elisabeth, by their friendly representations, to agree, that a portion, to the amount of f. 5oo, of the clothes and jewels given to her by her mother, shall he handed over to Adriaen after their valuation by Neeltgen Ponssen, § G. which valuables Adriaen shall he free to deal with as he pleases. § 7. As, however, it appeared after this valuation had been made, that these goods, together with a sum of i5o gilders in ready money accompanying them, were not worth more than f. 383. i3. o, Elisabeth retaining gold chains and other articles to the value of f. n5. 9. o (making a total value of /199. 2. o), the brothers and sister had agreed that Adriaen should pay a yearly interest of 5 0/0 on the 383. i3. o and § 8. that Eli- sabeth on her part should receive only f. 44- 5. o a year for clothes etc., instead of f. 5o, and § 9. that the interest of f. Zjoo, being Elisabeth’s share of Adriaen’s debt of f. 1G00 to the estate (see above, I, § 9 and IV, § 2), should he applied to the repairs and taxes of her houses, and to other eventual expenses. § 10. Adriaen, on the other hand, is to manage Elisabeth’s property till his death, and enjoy the income arising therefrom. §11. Hereu- pon, the heirs declare that the division has been equitably made, that each has received his share and taken possession thereof, that they have receiv- ed the necessary title-deeds and other papers, and have mutually handed over the property to each other. § 12. The houses and pieces of land may be registered by the secretaries of Leyden and Souterwoude in the names of their new owners. § i3. As, however, Adriaen has only been able to hand over f. 290 of the f. 600 he was to have paid in cash for his share of the mill (see above, I, § 3, III, § 1, IV, § 1.), he must give a mortgage on the mill for the remaining f. 3 10 to the person to whom this sum was assigned ('). § i/j. In conclusion, the heirs agree together, to abide perpetually by the 1 . This refers to the fact that the sum was to be used as part payment of the debt to Pieter Hendricksz van Gorten (see above, IV. § 1. division of the property herewith made, and never to demand a further division. IV. § I. Volcht nu waermede de so/n/ne van f 424. — die pieter henricx van Gorten ter laste van den boedel comende es voldaen ende betaell zal werden. De gereede pen/iingen van de halve molen Adriaen Harniansz van Rhyn by seheydinge aenbedeelt ende aengevoucht , zyn f 600. — daervan deselve Adriaen Ilarmansz aenbedeelt es de somme van f 290. — Soodat daervan resterende es de somme van f 310.— Co/npt samen f 600. — Welcke voors. 310 gulden verstrekt zullen iver- den ter /Hindering vande voors. 424 gulden , die pieter henricxsz a/s voorsz. comende es , in vougen dal dselve alsdan niet meer resteert a/s f 114. — dewelclte voldaen ende betaell zullen werden mette f 100. — die vande obligatie op Adam Willemsz resterende es boven tgene Willem harniansz daervan aenbedeelt es ende de f 14. — die van de obligatie van Rens Jacobsz resterende es , boventgene willem liarmensz ende voors. Lysbeth llarmansdr. daer- van aenbedeelt es ende dienvolgens zultende de voors. laste/i in vougen voorseyt voldaen ende gesuy- vert werde. § 2. Wat belangt de somme van f 1600. — die Adriaen Harniansz als voorz. den boedel schuldich es, en op vier jaeren moet voldoen ende betaelen , daervan zullen de voorsz. Sr. Rembrant , Willem ende Elysabeth Harmansdochter respective mede deelplichtigen in desen , elex voor hear portie van f 100. — ’ tjaers van de voorsz. Adriaen Harniansz , heur brooder ontfangen ende genie ten, ’ twelck hier dient voor memorie. § 3. Alsoo Adriaen Harniansz. van Rhijn, oni verscheyden goede insicliten ende consideration, mitsgaders tot quij tinge van de belof tinge, die hij aen zi/ne voorsz za. moeder in heure zieckte dzelve lieeft gedacn, nopende de onderhoudinge ende ali- mentatie van d' voorsz. Elysabeth llarmansdr. van Rhijn , zijne zuster , alsmede de goede opsichle ende sorge, die hij aengenomen heeft voor d’selve te zul- len dragen, ten overstaen van de voorsz. Sr. Rem- brant ende Willem van Rhijn, mitsgaders Domini- cus van der Pluijm ende Adriaen Paets , metteselve Elysabeth llarmansdr. geaccordeert ende verdragen es, dal hy dselve zyne zuster bij hem metier woon sal nemen en van eeten ende drincken tot heur noot- lick onderhout versorgen, alsmede van vuyr ende lie hi, milsgaders hear havenis ende gemack laten doc/i nae behooren , zoelange geduyrende als dselve Adriaen Harmans:., in 't leven zal zijn, Ende dal voor de somme van f 200. — ’ tjaers , daervan dselve Elysabeth Harniansdr. f 50. — 's jaers zoude genie- ten tot hear onderhout in cleding/ie ende anders, ende de voorsz. Adriaen liarmansz. de resterende f 150. — voor de onderhoudinge ende ali mental ie van zyne voors. zuster in vougen voorseyt, § 4. ende het zulex es , dal de huyshuyren van de aenbedeelde huysen van dzelve Elysabeth harniansdr. niet meer bedragende zyn als f 181 tjaers in vougen dal aende voors. {'200 te cort comende es f 10 behalven de verpondinge ende reparatie derzelvcr huysen; § 5. dat. mede de voors. Sr. Hembrant ende Wil- lem liarmansz. tgunt vooren voorgedragen zijnde verstonden dat de t morn. Adriaen Ilarmensz deur ’t aengaen- vande voorsz. accorde geen voordeel zoude doen dat by zulex om diverse reden ende tot faveur ende benefitie van dselve zyne zuster hadde gedaen, ende dat dienvolgende no die h ende billick was, dat de voorsz. lecort comende somme gevonden werde , soo heeft dselve Elysabeth Harniansdr. dem- ents tige aenmaninge ende vriendeliek versoueken van d’ voorsz. Iiembrant ende Willem liarmansz van Rhijn, heur broeders , toegestaen bewilliclil ende geaeeordeert dat zij van den huysraet ende inboedel, heur bij scheydinge ende aendclinge van voors. boedel aenbedeelt ende toegevoucht alsmede van de c ley no did' n ende lijfbehoorten of properheyden, die d’selve bij heure moeder voorvuyt gemaect waren, volgens taxatie bij Neel/gen Ponssen te doen, aen d’ voorsz. Adriaen liarmansz. heur broeder, zoude overleveren ende laten vo/gen zoodanige partyen, dat de somme van dien f 500. — zoude comen te be dr age n. § 6. Ende dat dselve Adriaen liarmansz. heur broeder daermede zijn vrije wille zoude mogen doen als zyn eijge/i goederen. § 7. Ende nadien tenzel- ven eynde van dezelve goederen taxatie gedaen ende geschiet was in zulcken vougen als de notitie ende specificatie daervan gedaen ende gehouden medc- brengt, maer dat by calculatie deselve partijen be- vonden was, dat de partijen van goederen aen dvoors. Adriaen liarmansz. gelevert ende laten volgen mitte potpenningen ter somme van f 150. — niet mcerder bedroegen als f 383 : 13 : 0, ende dat dvoorsz. Elysabeth Harniansdr. behoudende was aen vergulde kettingen ende andere partijen bij spe- cificatie gestelt f 115:9:0, makende tsamen f 499 \2:0. In vougen dat dselve Elysabeth llar- mansdr. tot supplement van f 500. — 18 stuvers byleggen most, soo zyn dvoorsz. Adriaen Har- mansz, Elysabeth harniansdr. zyne zuster by overs- ale h van voors. personal geaeeordeert ende verdra- gen dat dselve Adriaen liarmansz van voors. f 383.13. — jaerlicx interest betaelen zall naer bc- loop van vijf ten bonder l om het voorgemelde cort van de f 200. — tjaers te vinden geduyrende zoo lange, hij de voors. goederen of penningen onder liem beliouden zall-, § 8. Ende dat dselve Elysabeth harniansdr. ten opsichte vant voorsz. behouden goet jaerlicx van heur broeder niet meer genie ten ende treclten zal tot behouve van hare cledcren ende an- ders, dan f 44.5. — ; § 9. dat mede de jaerliexe interest van f 400. — die dselve Elysabeth har- mansdr. voor heur portie van de voorgemelde f 1600. — , die Adriaen harrnansz den boedel schul- dich es ende buy ten delinge gelafen zijn, comende es, tot de reparatie ende ver ponding van de huijsen van Elysabeth Harniansdr. verstrekt zullen worden off andere zaken die zullen voorvallen, zulex de gelegcnheyt van dien vereysschen zal; § 10. ende dat dvoors. Adriaen liarmansz tot zijn overlijden toe de goederen vande voorsz. Elysabeth harniansdr. zyne zuster regieren ende adniinistreren zal, ten. meeste oirbaer van dien ende de jaerliexe liuyren der huysen ende de andere inneompsten van dezelve trecken ende genieten lot zulcken eynde als vooren verclaert es. alltwelck liier gebracht es ter gedaclitenis. % 11. Welcke voors. slaet, schif tinge ende schej- dinge aendelinge vereffeninge ende begro tinge de deelpleclitigen in tliooft van desen genomineert voor- gedragen zyndc, verclaerden dselve die hen wel te gevallen daermede goet genoegen te hebben ende van den anderen all wel ende terecht gedeelt ge- schift, gescheyden, vereffent ende begroot te zijn. 