 In 1851 she married the Dutch painter, Johannes Bosboom (1817–1891), and thereafter was known as Mrs Bosboom-Toussaint.After 1870 Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint abandoned historical romance for the modern society novel, but her "Delftsche Wonderdokter" ("The Necromancer of Delft", 1871) and "Majoor Frans" ("Major Frank", 1875) did not command the success of her earlier works.