an antique wax seal stamp with the coat of arms of
Roelants / Roelands
and also used in the 17 and 18th Century by
Collemans / Kollemans
(click on the following images to enlarge)
a painting in the collection of Museum Rotterdam
by Pieter Tiele, dated 1769, with a view in Rotterdam, titled:
Gezicht op de Korenbeurs aan het Steiger
showing 5 coats of arms / wapenschilden / familiewapens
the 4th is described by the Museum Rotterdam as of
I. Hendrikus Gollemans, to my opion this should be Collemans
for Iohannes / Johannes Hendricus Collemans,
dean of the bag carriers / bearers guild Rotterdam
searching Roelants because the same coat of arms:
and Roelants - Collemans:
Francois / Fransois Martinusz Collemans / Colleman (1685 or 1690 - 1757)
married in 1714 with
Maria Catharina Pietersd Roelands / Roelants (1689 - 1732)
and because the provenance of the stamp is the estate of the family
van den Berch / Bergh
the search went on to find a connection:
Christine / Christina Elisabeth Roelants (1822-1902)
married in 1840 with
Isaac Lambertus Cremer van den Bergh / Berch van Heemstede
(1811-1879)
and we found a picture with the married couple:
but ..... all the above might be coincidental ...
or the result of my unbridled imagination
in Dutch: familiewapen Roelants / Roelands en Collemans / Kollemans, wapen: drie gebladerde aren / korenaren naast elkaar geplant in de grond, helmteken: een wereldbol / globe omgord door een ring, schuin rustend op de wrong en helm
blog written by:
Marx Warmerdam,
delta 98 den haag,
The Hague, The Netherlands
