active 1652-1680
Neither the place and date of his birth or death is known. His earliest dated
work is an engraved self-portrait of 1652. His dated paintings are from the
years 1653-63. Houbraken says that he studied with Rembrandt; this may have
been in the late 1640's. His paintings reflect the style of Rembrandt in the
years 1650-55. He painted history scenes, biblical compositions and allegorical
or emblematic studies of single figures and portraits. Also according to Houbraken
he went to Rome where be associated with Johann Carl Loth and Jan van der Meer
of Utrecht. It is substantiated that he followed Loth to Venice but this can
have been in 1657 at the earliest. It is not known how long be stayed in Italy
but be was back in Holland by 1663 when he signed a portrait of a Rotterdam
sitter. The last reference to him is in 1680 when be was witness to an inventory
of the possessions of Jan van Spijckvoort in Rotterdam.