Tieleman Roosterman (1598 – 1673), was a Dutch cloth merchant and friend of Willem van Heythuysen. Roosterman is best remembered today for his portrait painted by

Frans Hals Frans Hals the Elder (, , ; – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, chiefly of individual and group portraits and of genre works, who lived and worked in Haarlem. Hals played an important role in the evolution of 17th-century group ...

Biography

According to

Pieter Biesboer Pieter Biesboer (born 1944), is a Dutch art historian and prolific writer on 17th-century Dutch art. His specialty is art from Haarlem. Career Biesboer was a curator at Stedelijk Museum het Prinsenhof in Delft during the years 1973-1976. Biesbo ...

he is possibly also the subject of the painting known as '' The Laughing Cavalier''. The portrait he is most known for was dated in 1634, and probably commissioned on the occasion of his wedding to

Catharina Brugmans ''Portrait of Catharina Brugman'' is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in 1634 and now in a private collection. It is considered a pendant to the portrait of Catharina's husband Tieleman Roosterman. Lif ...

in 1631.Waar thans het politiebureau in de Smedestraat staat, by

G.H. Kurtz Gerdina Hendrika Kurtz (1899–1989) was a Dutch historian, writer and archivist. She published under the name, G.H. Kurtz. Early years Gerda Kurtz was born in Amsterdam, and moved to Haarlem with her family at age seven. She studied at a girls' ...

, pp. 34-60, Haerlem : jaarboek 1964, The Roostermans were rich textile merchants who lived in a large house on the Smedestraat and who associated with wealthy cloth merchants of Haarlem and Amsterdam. They baptised 10 children between 1633 and 1652. The former occupants of their house was the family of Joseph Coymans, and like Coymans before them, they made use of the services of their neighbor, the notary Henrick van Gellinckhuysen. Tieleman Roosterman was a good friend of Willem van Heythuysen and he was executor of his will and the first regent of the Hofje van Willem Heythuijsen. He had the hofje built from the proceeds of Van Heythuysen's estate. He sold his property ''Middelhout'' to Hendrick van Vladeracken, another wealthy Haarlem cloth merchant. Hendrick was the father of Geldolph and Susanna van Vladeracken. Susanna succeeded Tieleman Roosterman as regent of the Hofje van Heythuysen, and Geldolph married the Roostermans' daughter Maria on 18 November 1674. The wedding papers of Geldolph were signed by his sister and

Dorothea Berck ''Portrait of Dorothea Berck'' is a 1644 painting by Frans Hals that is in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. It depicts Dorothea Berck at age 51, the wife of the prosperous Haarlem merchant Joseph Coymans, whose portrait Hals also pai ...

, the widow of Joseph Coymans, who was signing as the grandmother of Geldoph's first wife Anna Druyvesteyn, who had died young in 1672.''Collections of Paintings in Haarlem: 1572-1745'', by Peter Biesboer (editor Carol Togneri), Getty Trust Publications, Los Angeles, 2001 He was buried in the Church of St Bavo near his friend Willem van Heythuysen and his wife followed him in 1677. Their house in the Smedestraat continued to be occupied by their son Hendrick until his death.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Roosterman, Tieleman Frans Hals Businesspeople from Haarlem 1598 births 1673 deaths Dutch merchants