According to Houbraken he travelled to Antwerp, Frankfurt, and Rome with his cousin Jan Donker.
[1] He travelled to Frankfurt, where he witnessed the coronation of Leopold, and accompanied Charles III de Créquy to Rome.
[2] In 1658, at the time of the coronation of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor he was a portraitist in Frankfurt.
[2] In 1664, he travelled from Rome to Naples with Willem Schellinks, Alexander Le Petit, Frederick Kerseboom and G.Sabé.
[2] His cousin Jan painted the regents of the Gouda corrections facility.