In the room above the basement - Opde keldercamer / in the yard - opde plaets / Top floor back room - boven op de agterkamer / Top floor front room - opde voorkamer [studio] - property 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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