Gerardina Jacoba van de Sande Bakhuyzen (27 July 1826–19 September 1895) was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

[1] She was born into a family of painters in The Hague to Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen and Sophia Wilhelmine Kiehl.

[1] Gerardina van de Sande Bakhuyzen and her brother Julius were taught to paint by their famous father, Hendrik.

[1][2] From childhood she painted flowers, and for a time this made no special impression on her family or friends, as it was not an uncommon occupation for girls.

Consequently she received a letter from an art collector on the other side of the world who later ordered a painting - on 2 November 1881 she wrote, "Dear Sir, By the kindness of Capt.Schagen van Leeuwin,[4] I have received this week your letter and I am much pleased that you approved of my paintings" and in 1882, "Dear Sir, I have the pleasure to write to you that I have sent away the three pictures you wished me to make for you, I have sent them to Mr.Ploos van Amstel who will have the kindness of delivering them to you."