Henriëtta van Pee was an 18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

According to the RKD she was the granddaughter of Jan van Pee

Jan van Pee

Jan van Pee , was a Dutch Golden Age art dealer and genre painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken he was the son of the Amsterdam art dealer Emanuel van Pee, a man with a title of lower nobility, whose father Justus van Pee of Brussels had been the private secretary of Margaret of Parma...

 and the daughter of Theodor van Pee

Theodor van Pee

Theodorus van Pee , was an 18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands.-Biography:According to Houbraken he was the son of the Amsterdam painter Jan van Pee who moved to Antwerp and left his family behind....

. 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

Institute of Dutch History

The Huygens Institute for Dutch History was formed on January 1 2011 as a merger of the Institute of Dutch History a research institute of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, and the Huygens Instituut of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences .The institute is located...

 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

Proveniershuis

The Proveniershuis is a hofje in Haarlem, Netherlands.-History:The hofje was founded in 1707 by the city council to house elderly men of low means, called proveniers. The main building is much older than that. The entire site was once a nunnery, called the St...

 there, where the well-known Haarlem playwright Pieter Langendijk

Pieter Langendijk

Pieter Langendijk was a damask weaver, city artist, dramatist, and poet.-Life:Pieter was the son of Arend Kort, a mason born in Langedijk. His father died when he was young so he and his mother began a textile business. In 1695, they moved to the Hague, then Amsterdam...

, and the Finnish giant Daniel Cajanus

Daniel Cajanus

Daniel Mynheer Cajanus was a Finnish giant. He made his living by exhibiting himself for money; he appeared in many European countries and attracted the interest of scientists and laypeople, including royalty...

 also lived. At that time, the provinciehuis 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. Her biography was written by Johan van Gool and Jean-Baptiste Descamps

Jean-Baptiste Descamps

Jean-Baptiste Descamps was a French writer and painter of village scenes.Descamps was born in Dunkirk, but lived principally at Paris, till an accidental circumstance fixed him at Rouen, in 1740...

. 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.