Henriette Wolters-van Pee

Training under Jacob Christoph Le Blon and Theodor van Pee is recorded. The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam, The Hague and Haarlem. Works named in the authority record are Herman Wolters (1682-1756). Husband of the painter and Self-portrait. Work by Henriette Wolters-van Pee is recorded in the collections of Amsterdam Museum, Rijksmuseum, National Museum Paleis het Loo and Museo del Prado.

• Illustration — Henriëtta van Pee after a painting by Jan Maurits Quinkhard

According to the RKD she was the granddaughter of Jan van Pee and the daughter of Theodor van Pee. She married the painter Herman Wolters. She is known for her portraits and copies of the work of other painters, most notably Adriaen van de Velde and Anthony van Dyck. According to the Institute of Dutch History she was a famous miniature painter who was visited by Peter the Great and Frederick William I of Prussia. In later life she married her father's pupil Herman Wolters, and the marriage remained childless. In 1739 the couple moved to Haarlem where they rented rooms in the proveniershuis there, where the well-known Haarlem playwright Pieter Langendijk, and the Finnish giant Daniel Cajanus also lived. At that time, the proveniershof also housed a city inn and it was the place where the stage coach stopped in Haarlem, so it was an important public meeting place and a popular destination for travellers. • Illustration — The Courtyard of the Proveniershof, 1735, by Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne II Her biography was written by Johan van Gool and Jean-Baptiste Descamps. She was considered remarkable in her time as a clever female painter, but her work is not considered as good today as it was in the 18th century. The miniature painter Maria Machteld van Sypesteyn was her pupil.

The authorities additionally record the headings Henriëtta van Pee, Henriëtte Wolters-van Pee, Henriëtta Wolters-van Pee, Henriëtte van Pee and Henriette van Pee. Her recorded language was Dutch. Her recorded confession was Mennonites. She was the child of Theodor van Pee. She married Herman Wolters.

Henriette Wolters-van Pee is recorded with the occupation painter. Classed in the genre portrait. Work and production. Her recorded genre is portrait.