Henriëtte Wolters van Pee was renowned for her miniatures. Both Peter the Great and Wilhelm I of Prussia invited her to work for them, but in vain. Maria Grave was the first wife of Hendrik Nicolaas Sautijn. In 1731 the miniature specialist Henriëtte Wolters van Pee painted her portrait. After she died Sautijn married Levina van Mollem in 1737, after which the couple had the two portraits painted. After the death of his second wife, Sautijn married another two times. All these marriages remained childless.