He was a son of the
Dutch-born architect, painter and engineer
Hans Vredeman de Vries who at the time was working in the
Southern Netherlands. In 1564 his father had fled to Antwerp from
Mechelen, where he had been living in order to escape the
Inquisition. He trained with his father who was as a painter interested in perspective and therefore painted mainly architectural paintings. He is known to have collaborated with his father in the completion of large assignments. He worked from 1592 to 1595 in
Danzig where his father was employed in the design of defensive works. He was active in
Amsterdam from 1599 to 1617. There is a record of a notice of marriage between him and Mayken Godelet issued in Amsterdam and dated 24 April 1601. In 1649 she was buried in
Nieuwe Kerk. The year her husband died is uncertain; it could be 1630 when his designs for furniture were published or later, but before 1636. He was the master of
Hendrick Aerts and
Isaak van den Blocke, both artists of Flemish descent who were living in Gdansk. His older brother
Salomon Vredeman de Vries (1556–1604) was also an architectural draughtsmen and painter who collaborated with him and his father. ==Work==