[1] He was the pupil of Hendrik Mommers who went on to paint clever genre scenes in the manner of Adriaen van Ostade.
[1] He was successful enough at his art that his Frisian widow was able to purchase an annuity after his death in Friesland.
His pictures are ingeniously composed, and well coloured, something in the manner of Adriaen van Ostade, though greatly inferior.
They are painted with facility, although they have the appearance of being very highly finished; and he perfectly understood the management of chiaroscuro.
His greatest defect is his incorrect drawing of the figure, which he appears not to have studied from nature.