Career
According to the RKD he is known for landscapes in the manner of more famous Haarlem landscapists such as Jacob van Ruisdael, Meindert Hobbema, January Wynants and Philips Wouwerman. He is considered the same person as the painter Roelandt van Vries who entered the Leiden Guild of Saint Luke in 1653. He entered the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke in 1657.
The year of his death is unknown, but his latest signed work was in 1681, and he is listed as dead in a list of guild members by Vincent van der Vinne in 1702, so he died before that.