Hendrick Sorgh

Hendrick Sorgh (baptized 6 November 1666 - buried 23 January 1720[1]) was a broker and art collector in Amsterdam.

His father Marten Sorgh (ca 1641-1702[2]) was registered as a silk trader when he became an Amsterdam citizen in 1665.

[citation needed] His mother Elisabeth Rombouts was the daughter of Jacob Romboutsz, an Amsterdam silk trader.

In the summer of 1675, Vermeer borrowed 1,000 guilders in Amsterdam from Jacob Romboutsz, using Maria Thins, his mother-in-law's property as a surety.

Sorgh had an impressive art collection of 67 paintings, which was sold on 28 March 1720 [8] two months after his death.