Career
According to the RKD he was the pupil of Gerard Honthorst and in Italy the pupil of Giovanni di Filippo del Campo, with whom he lived 1629-1631 in Rome on the Via Margutta. He joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname Stijgbeugel. Sandrart called him "Gerard van Krick".
He is known for religious and genre works in the style of Caravaggio.
