Background
He was born at Delft, the son of the portrait painter January van Asch and joined the Guild of Saint Luke in 1623.
He was born at Delft, the son of the portrait painter January van Asch and joined the Guild of Saint Luke in 1623.
January Verkolje knew him and made a mezzotint of him. The city of Delft paid him 100 guilders for a schoorsteenstuk or overmantel piece in the City Hall known as the Prinsenhof. He in turn influenced the painter Jacobus Coert.
He died and was buried in his home town of Delft.
Van Asch has paintings in public collections including four in the United Kingdom.