 According to the RKD he was born in Utrecht (city), but trained in Deventer, where he was influenced by Gerard ter Borch.Arnold Houbraken mentions that this painter was very friendly with Jan van der Veen, a poet.He married his daughter and moved to Amsterdam in the rampjaar 1672, where he won a commission to paint the regents of the "huiszitten" house on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal, where he lived.