According to Houbraken he was in England and knew Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten. On the death of Frederick he returned to Holland, and resided chiefly at Alkmaar, where he died in 1728. His greatest merit was the uncommon facility and baldness of his pencil, which was well suited to the works upon which he was principally engaged, the decoration of halls and large apartments.
One of his best productions is to be seen in a saloon at the Hague, where he has represented in a large landscape, the History of Jacob and Esau.
Some of his easel paintings, landscapes with cattle, are very good. Examples of these can be found in the Brunswick Gallery, and the Rotterdam Museum.
He died in Alkmaar. He also mentioned a son Hendrik Carré the Younger who died in the Hague in 1726.
According to the RKD he was the son of Franciscus Carré and he worked in Amsterdam 1686-1692, England 1692-1695, and Berlin 1697-1713. He is known for Italianate landscapes and was court painter in Berlin to Frederick III of Brandenburg.