Peeters first oil paintings are dated from 1607, they were small paintings of food and beverages that were very detailed. She made them when she was just 14 years old. The skill in which she made such paintings indicates that she was trained by a master painter. Even thought there are no documents proving this, it is believed that Peeters was a trained by Osias Beert, a still life painter who was also from Antwerp. By 18, Peeters was producing large numbers of diligently painted still lifes, usually displaying a group of valuable objects such as highly decorated goblets, gold coins, and exotic flowers, on a thin ledge, with the vantage point lower than the ledge, usually painted against a dark background. By the end of the 16th century the religious scene had disappeared and a table filled with food had emerged as an independent genre known as "banquet" or "breakfast" pieces. Only a handful of such paintings can be dated prior to 1608... [https://everything2.com/title/Clara+Peeters]