In the Forehouse In't Voorhuijs / In the great Hall Inde Groote Zael - goods owned by Catharina Bolnes.
Municipal Archives Delft, document by Notary Public J. van Veen, book 2224, document number 132. Text written February 29, 1676. An assistent to Notary Public J. van Veen walks around in the house of the deceased Johannes Vermeer and notes two separate lists of household goods: first those of Catharina Bolnes (document number 132) and then that of her mother Maria Thins (133).
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