Background
She was born in Utrecht as the daughter of the landscape painter Herman Saftleven, who taught her to paint.
She was born in Utrecht as the daughter of the landscape painter Herman Saftleven, who taught her to paint.
She had no known children and her flower still lifes are no longer known, though two drawings are in the print cabinet of the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. She died in Naarden.