Education
From 1825 to 1826, he attended the Rijksakademie.
From 1825 to 1826, he attended the Rijksakademie.
He created portraits, still-lifes and cityscapes, but he is best known for his genre scenes, lit by lamps or candles. His first lessons were with the landscape painter Douwe de Hoop. He would continue to work mostly in Amsterdam but, beginning in the 1860s, also worked in Drenthe, especially in Assen.
Elisabeth died in 1845 and he remarried in 1850, having two more children.
He exhibited widely, including shows in Paris and New New York Maria Vos was among his best-known students.
He also gained a reputation as a pioneering photographer. Later, he had his own studio in Assen.
Arti et Amicitiae]
He was a member of Arti et Amicitiae and, in 1856, he was appointed a member of the Rijksakademie.