According to the RKD he was probably related to the glass painter Adriaan Gerritsz de Vrije, who was active in the Janskerk (Gouda).
[1] According to van der Aa he was a pupil of Wouter Crabeth II,[1] and another master in Utrecht.
He travelled several times to France, until he became a member of the Gouda vroedschap or city council.
[2] If he was active for the Janskerk, he may perhaps have been the assistant of Adriaan de Vrije, since he was mentioned along with him in Ignatius Walvis' Description of Gouda in 1714.
[3] According to Houbraken (who was quoting Walvis), he was a respected painter of Gouda and contemporary of Adriaen van der Spelt.