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The buyer, Barthout Wilemsz. or Willemsen, was a merchant and soap maker. He inherited the house den Hamer, also called de drie hamers, where he is noted at the auction, only in 1627 (from Floris van Alckemade) (Van Dillen, Bronnen tot de geschiedenis van het bedrijfsleven R.G.P. 78(1933), p. 636). On or before 21 July 1622, he and several other merchants connected with the soap and ash business, signed a petition supporting the attempt of the ash carriers to suppress competition in carrying ashes by outsiders (Van Dillen, op. cit. p.459). He paid a tax of 225 f. in 1631 (living op 't Water) (Kohier, fol. 280v, p. 64). It maij be of note that Neeltje Barthouts, cited just before Barthout Willemsz. in the 1631 Kohier, paid a tax of 750 f. Neeltje Barthouts was married to Barthout Willemsz.'s brother Willem Willemsz. van Beynsdorp, who took over the soapboiling works after Barthout Willemsz.'s death. On 10 December 1633, Barthout Willemsz., 50, Jan Egbertsz. Bisschop, 43 (the brother of Paulus Bisschop of R 29011), and Jacob Cloeck, 46, made a deposition at the request of Outgert Claesz., likewise merchant. Barthout Willemsz. declared that he had bought potash (for making soap) from Outgert Claesz. (NA 409, Not. Jacob and Nicolaes Jacobsz.) On 6 April 1637, Barthout Willemsen van Beijnsdorp and Hendrick Barentsz. Hartochvelt (cited in the NOTES of R 30608), merchants in Amsterdam, declared at the request of Trojanus de Magistris that Reynier Cools had signed a contract concerning the shares in the diking of Bultsloot in Holstein (NA 1269, Not. P. Barcman, Extracten). Trojanus de Magistris was an attorney for Catholic houses, who was in relation with a number of artists. Rembrandt bought from him a painting by Rubens which he had received as collateral for a loan. He was a guardian of the painter Jan Jansz. Uijl (Jaap van der Veen, Het netwerk van verzamelaars rondom Rembrandt in Rembrandts schatkamer, Exh. Cat. Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, 1999, p. 143.) Barthout Willemsz. van Beynstorp signed the Februarij 1645 petition to the Vroedschap calling for the enforcement of currency regulations which had been issued in 1622 (Van Dillen, Wisselbanken 59(1925), p. 90). On 17 October 1646, Srs. Gerard Pietersz, 39, Rombout Verhulst, 21, and Willem Strycker, 39, declared at the request of Steven van Goor that they were coming onto the Spui by the Lutheran Church and there they had met the servant of Barthout Willemsz. and that Van Goor had asked him, in the hearing of the witnesses, whether he was willing to sell the painting that had been stolen and was now hanging in the house of Barthout Willemsz. and what he might want for it and whether he could deliver it so the deal would go through. The servant offered the painting for f. 10:10:-- and finally sold it for 10 f. (Bredius, Künstler-inventare pp. 1244-5). Gerard Pietersz., Willem Stryker, and Steven van Goor were all painters. Rombout Verhulst was a sculptor.