The son of a glass painter, he was instructed in his art by Henri Trippet and Gerard Douffet successively.

He visited Rome in 1638, and was invited by the Duke of Tuscany to Florence and employed in decorating one of his galleries.

Thence he moved to Paris where he carried out some elaborate decorative work at Versailles and painted for the sacristy of the church of the Augustinians his picture of the Adoration of the Magi.

Towards the close of his life he returned to Liège and was elected a lay canon of the church of St. Paul, and painted several works for the Prince-Bishop of the city.

He is believed to have painted a portrait of Colbert and by some writers is stated to have been a pupil at one time of Jordaens, but this has never been verified.