According to Houbraken he was a painter from the Hague who travelled to Rome and joined the
Bentvueghels who awarded him the derogatory nickname "Aap" (Ape). According to
Jan van Gool, who continued Houbraken's work after his death, he was the son of
Johannes Beeldemaker, a painter who specialized in painting scenes of deer and boar hunts. He was the younger brother of Cornelis Beeldemaker and became a pupil of
Willem Doudijns. He was the grandfather of the painter François Beeldemaker II, and joined the guild in 1687. ==References==