Petronella de la Court

Petronella de la Court
Born(1624-08-24)August 24, 1624
Leiden, South Holland
DiedMarch 22, 1707(1707-03-22) (aged 82)
Amsterdam
NationalityDutch

Petronella de la Court (24 August 1624 - 22 March 1707) was a Dutch art collector.[1]

De la Court married her cousin, the silk merchant Adam Oortmans, on 24-8-1649 in Leiden, and they had 10 children together. They lived in the Stilsteeg.[2] In 1657 the couple Oortmans-De la Court bought the brewery "De Zwaan" on the Singel in Amsterdam, located where the Bungehuis is situated today.[2]

She is best known for her dollhouse, currently in the collection of the Centraal Museum, Utrecht.[3]

  1. ^ "Biografisch Portaal van Nederland - Petronella de la Court". Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b Petronella de la Court in the DVN
  3. ^ "Poppenhuis (1670 - 1690)". Centraal Museum. Retrieved 14 February 2015.