Career
She was largely self-taught. In the late 1860s, she took some lessons from the Dutch painter, Christoffel Bisschop. They lived in Scheveningen at a villa named "Frisia", although she worked mostly in Leeuwarden.
In 1874, together with Gerardina Jacoba van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Sientje van Houten and Margaretha Roosenboom, she painted the "Haagse weeskinderen" (Hague Orphans), as a gift for Queen Sophie on the occasion of the 25th jubilee or Sophie"s husband, King William III. Her husband died in 1904.
After her death, her remaining works and belongings were transferred from her villa to the Fries Museum. This included a large selection of jewelry given to her by various European sovereigns.