Puytlinck was born in
Roermond,
Limburg, in the southern part of the Netherlands, where he was baptized on 11 November 1640. His name is also spelled
Puijtlinck. He was active as a painter from 1663. He was active in
Reims in 1663, and in
Rome from 1667 to 1669. In 1667 he was a witness in a trial regarding an English artist who was stabbed to death in Rome in Via del Babuino. In 1670 he returned to Roermond, He died in Roermond between 1679 and 1680. ==Works (selection)==