Career
According to the RKD he was the younger brother and pupil of Nicolaes Lauwers. He engraved the portraits of Artus Quellinus II, Joris van Son, Pieter van Bredael, Pieter Boel, and Pieter Verbruggen for Cornelis de Bie"s book of biographies, Het Gulden Cabinet. De Bie included a short poem about him on page 562 of his book, with the remark that Lauwers" travels to Paris resulted in his bringing back engravings of works by the French engravers François Polly and Robert Nanteuil, that he sold in his shop.