The quality of the brush strokes is sober but full of meticulous attention, as most of her still-life works can be seen as part of the Dutch hyperrealism that dominated the 17th-century art scene.

The Dutch School, 17th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction.

As one Dutch observer wrote, “this elephant understood and did almost everything that its master orders it to do. It was a wonder that such a plump beast had such a sharp understanding.” ...