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29. Monballieu 1987, p. 205; and Dierickx 1954, p. 75. See Monballieu 1974,
pp. 157–169, for a group of kermis scenes that he believes, and I think
correctly, do not depict Hoboken, as is sometimes assumed.
30. For the association of De Momper with the schilderspand, see Vermeylen
2003, pp. 54–61.
31. Monballieu 1974, p. 144; Van Kampen et al. 1980, p. 195, lines 75–76;
and Gibson 1991, p. 29. Monballieu 1974, pp. 155–157, plausibly suggests
that in Grimmer’s View of the Kiel near Antwerp (see n. 9 above), the people
on the road wending their way back to the city are returning from a festival
in Hoboken.
32. See Dierickx 1954, pp. 333–349, for country houses in Hoboken in the
sixteenth century and later.
33. Before acquiring his property in Hoboken, Guicciardini in 1564 bought
two hoven van plaisancien, described in a contemporary document as “each
with a stone house,” which were situated near the house of Richard Clough
and which he sold the following year (Monballieu 1987, p. 190 and nn.
17, 20; and Baetens 1985, p. 183). For Guicciardini’s life and publications,
see the essays in Lodovico Guicciardini (1521–1589): Actes de colloque international
des 28, 29 et 30 mars 1990, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Travaux de l’Institut
Interuniversitaire pour l’étude de la Renaissance et de l’Humanisme, X,
ed. Pierre Jodogne (Louvain: Peeters Press, 1991).
34. Prims 1949, p. 141. Hoboken’s popularity is reflected in the 1567 probate
inventory of Fernando Bernuy, an Antwerp merchant who seems to have
rented out properties in the village to tenants (Van Gelder 1972–73,
pp. 388–391).
35. Inheriting Hoboken from his uncle, William in eªect mortgaged the
manor to raise money to pay the debts outstanding from his uncle’s estate
and later sold it to Melchior Schetz; see Dierickx 1954, pp. 32–34;
and Monballieu 1974, pp. 141–142.
36. Dierickx 1954, p. 116. The original text of Balthazar’s oath ends “Zo moet
my God helpen ende all syn heylighen” (so must God help me and all his
saints).
37. Van Mander-Miedema 1994–99, vol. 1: fol. 261v ( p. 305): “In Middelburg
with Mr. Wijntgis there is a beautiful, large piece in which the Messrs
Schets, as lords of Hoboken, are very solemnly received by the peasants—
full of details and figures.” An oil painting on canvas depicting “la Dédi-