Petronella de la Court explained

Petronella de la Court
Birth Date:24 August 1624
Birth Place:Leiden, South Holland
Death Place:Amsterdam
Nationality:Dutch

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biografisch Portaal van Nederland - Petronella de la Court. Biografisch Portaal. 14 February 2015.
  2. http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Court Petronella de la Court
  3. Web site: Poppenhuis (1670 - 1690). Centraal Museum. 14 February 2015.