Background
Sypesteyn was born in Haarlem as the daughter of the mayor Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn (1694-1744), baljuw van Brederode, and Maria de Lange (1696-1744).
Sypesteyn was born in Haarlem as the daughter of the mayor Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn (1694-1744), baljuw van Brederode, and Maria de Lange (1696-1744).
She became a pupil of the Haarlem miniature painter Henriëtte Wolters-van Pee, who she probably met through her father, who was a regent of the Proveniershuis where Henrëtte lived. She is known for miniatures on ivory in the manner of her teacher. He died relatively young in 1764 and was buried in the family grave in the Saint Bavochurch.
David van Lennep, who contracted Jurriaan Andriessen to paint new wall decorations in his Huis te Manpad for her.
Sypesteyn died in Heemstede and was buried in the Saint Bavochurch.
In 1767 she remarried another member of the Haarlem regency, mr.