[2] In 1830 he was elected a fourth class member of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands, of which he became a supernumerary associate in 1841.

Other pupils were Willem Archibald Bake, Pieter Gerardus Bernhard, Johannes Mattheus Bogman, Louis Antoine Carolus, François De Marneffe, Gijsbertus Arnoldus Gretser, Henri Jean Baptiste Jolly, Willem Hendrik Pauli, Henri Rochussen and Frederik Pieter Thomas Somerschoe.

His style and themes went back to the Dutch school of the 17th century painters such as Gerrit Dou and Frans van Mieris.

The detailed small-scale works of these Dutch masters were held in high regard by 19th century collectors.

He published in 1822 in Brussels a collection of portraits of contemporary artists born in the Netherlands.