Catharina Pietersdr Hooft (28 December 1618 – 30 September 1691) was a woman of the Dutch Golden Age. She became famous at a very early age, when she was painted by Frans Hals.
Catharina as a child, by Frans Hals. In her hand she holds a silver rattle with bells, a status symbol.
On 14 August 1635, at the age of sixteen, Catharina Hooft married Amsterdam regent and influential statesman Cornelis de Graeff,[4] a widower who was nineteen years older than her, [1] whose first wife Geertruid Overlander (1609–1634) had been Catharina's cousin (her father's sister's child).[5] At the side of this powerful man, Catharina's transformation into one of the first women in the country took place.[1] Together with her husband, she expresses her prominent social position as one of the country's first ladies in two life-size pendant portraits, painted in princely fashion, in black with golden, by the Amsterdam painter Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy.[4] Catharina bore two sons: Pieter and Jacob de Graeff. In 1652, De Graeff had himself and his wife along with their two sons portrayed by Jan Victors as Isaac and Rebecca with their sons Jacob and Esau. This allegorical work and De Graeff's portrayal as one of the patriarchs of a people and his wife should underscore its importance.
Allegory of Cornelis de Graeff as leader of his people: Cornelis de Graeff as Isaac with his wife Catharina Hooft as Rebecca with their sons Pieter and Jakob as Jacob and Esau, painted by Jan Victors (1652)
Opposite the De Graeffs' house Soestdijk lived the powerful anti-OrangistBicker family, consisting of Catharina’s brother-in-law and sister-in-law and their four daughters. One of whom, Wendela Bicker, married Catharina Hooft’s nephew, Grand PensionaryJan de Witt.[1]
Catharina was widowed in 1664. After the sudden death of her son Jacob's first wife Maria van der Does in 1667 he began courting Anna Christina Pauw van Bennebroek.[8] She was the only daughter of Adriaen Pauw, President of the Hof (Court) van Holland[9] and granddaughter of former Grand Pensionary Adriaan Pauw. But since De Graeff's mother Catharina Hooft didn't like the Paauwen at all [de Paauwen gantsch niet lustte] she was against marrying a member of the Pauw regent family and even enlisted the help of her nephew Johan de Witt to prevent her son Jacob from marrying Anna Christina Pauw van Bennebroek.[8]
In 1672 when William III. of Orange stepped out of the shadows to become General captain and stadtholder, she changed political tack and – with her sons – became a supporter of the House of Orange.[1] William bought the De Graeff hunting lodge and its surrounding fields, the later Soestdijk Palace, from Jacob de Graeff for only 18,755 guilders.[1] In 1678 Catharina Hooft inherited the high Lordship of Purmerland and Ilpendam from her cousin Maria Overlander van Purmerland (daughter of her maternal uncle Volkert Overlander and widow of Frans Banning Cocq),[10] which she owned half with her son Jacob,[11] who was also Maria's full nephew. Hooft outlived her husband by thirty years. She died in Ilpendam and was buried in Amsterdam on October 6, 1691.
Coat of Armsedit
Coat of arms of the family of Catharina Hooft (coat of arms donator was her father Pieter Jansz Hooft
Quartered: I In red, a beardless man's head of silver with golden hair, surrounded by a green laurel wreath (Hooft family); II An antique ploughshare in blue, placed obliquely to the right with the point up (Overlander family); III In gold a red cow (Lons family); IV In blue two wavy silver crossbars, accompanied from above by two gold siskins and from below on the right by a golden star (6) and on the left by a golden ear of wax (Chijs family).[12]
^Besitzgeschichte von Frans Halsens Gemäldes Catharina Hooft mit ihrer Amme
^ abStaatliche Museen zu Berlin. Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Sammlungen Online > Recherche > Catharina Hooft mit ihrer Amme
^Johan Engelbert Elias, De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795, Deel 1, p 274
^Die Ankunft des Ehepaars De Graeff in Soestdijk, painted by Ruisdael and De Keyser
^rkd.nl Cornelis de Graeff and his wife and sons arrive at their country house Soestdijk, ca. 1660
^ abDe 500 Rijksten van de Republiek: Rijkdom, geloof, macht en cultuur, von Kees Zandvliet (see #16, Johan de Graeff)
^Dispereert niet: twintig eeuwen historie van de Nederlanden, book 2
^De Nederlandsche leeuw: Maandblad van het Koninklijk Hetaldiek-Genealoogik Genootschap, books 1895-1900, p 136
^Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden, part 6, p 117, by A. J. van der Aa
^Hooft Historische Geslachtswapens - Coat of arms Pieter Jansz Hooft (father of Catharina Hooft)
Literatureedit
Graeff, P. de (P. de Graeff Gerritsz en Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek) Genealogie van de familie De Graeff van Polsbroek, Amsterdam 1882.
Bruijn, J. H. de Genealogie van het geslacht De Graeff van Polsbroek 1529/1827, met bijlagen. De Built 1962–63.
Moelker, H. P. De heerlijkheid Purmerland en Ilpendam (1978 Purmerend)
External linksedit
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Catharina Pietersdr Hooft 28 December 1618 30 September 1691 was a woman of the Dutch Golden Age She became famous at a very early age when she was painted by Frans Hals Catharina as a child by Frans Hals In her hand she holds a silver rattle with bells a status symbol At the age of sixteen she married Cornelis de Graeff nineteen years her senior and the most powerful regent and mayor of Amsterdam Thus she became the first lady of Soestdijk one of the family s country houses Catharina Hooft was also a Lady of the High and free Fief of Purmerland and Ilpendam Contents 1 Life 1 1 Origin 1 2 Personality of the Golden Age 1 3 Coat of Arms 2 Notes 3 Literature 4 External linksLife editOrigin edit nbsp Overview of the personal family relationships of the Amsterdam oligarchy between the regent dynasties Boelens Loen De Graeff Bicker van Swieten Witsen and Johan de Witt in the Dutch Golden AgeCatharina Hooft was born in Amsterdam Her father Pieter Jansz Hooft was a nephew of the Amsterdam burgomaster Cornelis Pietersz Hooft and related to the renowned poet P C Hooft of the Muiderslot a wealthy patrician 1 Her mother Geertruid Overlander 1577 1653 sister of burgomaster Volkert Overlander was forty one and she and her husband had given up hope of having children when Catharina was born She was also related to Amsterdam burgomaster Frans Banning Cocq the captain of Rembrandt van Rijn s painting The Night Watch through her cousin Maria Overlander van Purmerland 2 Likewise Netherlands great statesman Johan de Witt was her nephew Catharina Hooft was portrayed at the age of three by Frans Hals in his famous painting Catharina Hooft with her nurse 1 This painting remained in the possession of the De Graeff family at Ilpenstein Castle until 1870 3 Personality of the Golden Age edit nbsp The 18 year old Catharina Hooft second wife of Cornelis de Graeff by Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy in the Gemaldegalerie BerlinOn 14 August 1635 at the age of sixteen Catharina Hooft married Amsterdam regent and influential statesman Cornelis de Graeff 4 a widower who was nineteen years older than her 1 whose first wife Geertruid Overlander 1609 1634 had been Catharina s cousin her father s sister s child 5 At the side of this powerful man Catharina s transformation into one of the first women in the country took place 1 Together with her husband she expresses her prominent social position as one of the country s first ladies in two life size pendant portraits painted in princely fashion in black with golden by the Amsterdam painter Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy 4 Catharina bore two sons Pieter and Jacob de Graeff In 1652 De Graeff had himself and his wife along with their two sons portrayed by Jan Victors as Isaac and Rebecca with their sons Jacob and Esau This allegorical work and De Graeff s portrayal as one of the patriarchs of a people and his wife should underscore its importance When stadtholder William II died in 1650 ten years later followed by his wife Cornelis de Graeff was made one of the guardians of the ten year old William III the child of state who played in the autumn of 1661 in Graeff s country house at Soestdijk with her son s 1 The 1660 painting The Arrival of Cornelis de Graeff and Members of His Family at Soestdijk His Country Estate by Jacob van Ruisdael and Thomas de Keyser shows Catharina Hooft sitting in a carriage with her husband upon their arrival at Soestdijk 6 Her two sons Pieter and Jacob ride the horses and the three figures who are standing on the roadside to the right of center are her brothers in law Willem Schrijver Pieter Trip and Andries de Graeff 7 nbsp Allegory of Cornelis de Graeff as leader of his people Cornelis de Graeff as Isaac with his wife Catharina Hooft as Rebecca with their sons Pieter and Jakob as Jacob and Esau painted by Jan Victors 1652 nbsp The Arrival of Cornelis de Graeff and Members of His Family at Soestdijk His Country Estate by Jacob van Ruisdael and Thomas de Keyser 1656 1660 National Gallery of Ireland Opposite the De Graeffs house Soestdijk lived the powerful anti Orangist Bicker family consisting of Catharina s brother in law and sister in law and their four daughters One of whom Wendela Bicker married Catharina Hooft s nephew Grand Pensionary Jan de Witt 1 Catharina was widowed in 1664 After the sudden death of her son Jacob s first wife Maria van der Does in 1667 he began courting Anna Christina Pauw van Bennebroek 8 She was the only daughter of Adriaen Pauw President of the Hof Court van Holland 9 and granddaughter of former Grand Pensionary Adriaan Pauw But since De Graeff s mother Catharina Hooft didn t like the Paauwen at all de Paauwen gantsch niet lustte she was against marrying a member of the Pauw regent family and even enlisted the help of her nephew Johan de Witt to prevent her son Jacob from marrying Anna Christina Pauw van Bennebroek 8 In 1672 when William III of Orange stepped out of the shadows to become General captain and stadtholder she changed political tack and with her sons became a supporter of the House of Orange 1 William bought the De Graeff hunting lodge and its surrounding fields the later Soestdijk Palace from Jacob de Graeff for only 18 755 guilders 1 In 1678 Catharina Hooft inherited the high Lordship of Purmerland and Ilpendam from her cousin Maria Overlander van Purmerland daughter of her maternal uncle Volkert Overlander and widow of Frans Banning Cocq 10 which she owned half with her son Jacob 11 who was also Maria s full nephew Hooft outlived her husband by thirty years She died in Ilpendam and was buried in Amsterdam on October 6 1691 Coat of Arms edit nbsp Coat of arms of the family of Catharina Hooft coat of arms donator was her father Pieter Jansz HooftQuartered I In red a beardless man s head of silver with golden hair surrounded by a green laurel wreath Hooft family II An antique ploughshare in blue placed obliquely to the right with the point up Overlander family III In gold a red cow Lons family IV In blue two wavy silver crossbars accompanied from above by two gold siskins and from below on the right by a golden star 6 and on the left by a golden ear of wax Chijs family 12 Catharina HooftHouse De GraeffBorn 28 December 1618 Died 30 September 1691Preceded byMaria Overlander van Purmerland Widow of Frans Banning Cocq 17th Lady of the Free and high Fief of Purmerland and Ilpendam between 1678 and 1690 together with her son Jacob de Graeff 1678 1691 Succeeded byPieter de GraeffNotes edit a b c d e f g h Catharina Hooft at Vrouwen van Soestdijk by Thera Coppens Stamboomdelen Hooft Besitzgeschichte von Frans Halsens Gemaldes Catharina Hooft mit ihrer Amme a b Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz Sammlungen Online gt Recherche gt Catharina Hooft mit ihrer Amme Johan Engelbert Elias De Vroedschap van Amsterdam 1578 1795 Deel 1 p 274 Die Ankunft des Ehepaars De Graeff in Soestdijk painted by Ruisdael and De Keyser rkd nl Cornelis de Graeff and his wife and sons arrive at their country house Soestdijk ca 1660 a b De 500 Rijksten van de Republiek Rijkdom geloof macht en cultuur von Kees Zandvliet see 16 Johan de Graeff Dispereert niet twintig eeuwen historie van de Nederlanden book 2 De Nederlandsche leeuw Maandblad van het Koninklijk Hetaldiek Genealoogik Genootschap books 1895 1900 p 136 Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden part 6 p 117 by A J van der Aa Hooft Historische Geslachtswapens Coat of arms Pieter Jansz Hooft father of Catharina Hooft Literature editGraeff P de P de Graeff Gerritsz en Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek Genealogie van de familie De Graeff van Polsbroek Amsterdam 1882 Bruijn J H de Genealogie van het geslacht De Graeff van Polsbroek 1529 1827 met bijlagen De Built 1962 63 Moelker H P De heerlijkheid Purmerland en Ilpendam 1978 Purmerend External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Catharina Hooft Catharina Hooft at Vrouwen van Soestdijk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Catharina Hooft amp oldid 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