According to Houbraken he painted rough portraits that were "better seen from a distance", and enjoyed the patronage of the
Stadtholder of Friesland,
Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz. He was a friend of the painter
Jacob de Wolf who commit suicide in 1685. According to the RKD he was in Groningen from 1670 to 1681, and in 1681 he became a member of the
Confrerie Pictura in the Hague, where he was also registered from 1690 to 1691. ==References==