It is considered a pendant portrait to that of her husband, the Haarlem brewer and mayor Pieter Jacobsz Olycan.

She wears a white cap, a ruff, and a black silk dress with a fur-trimmed cloak.

– Mentioned in the inventory of her daughter Geertruyd Olycan, widow of Jacob Benningh, Haarlem, November 11, 1666 noted by A. Bredius.

In the collection of Vernon Watney, Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire.

[1]In 1974 Seymour Slive listed this painting as a copy of a portrait at three quarter length.