Career
He is mainly known for interior decorations in the houses of the Canals of Amsterdam. According to Houbraken he travelled to Italy and joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname "Piramied". According to January van Gool, he was a pupil of Gerard de Lairesse in Amsterdam.
Other sources also mention Willem van Ingen as his teacher.
After his apprenticeship he travelled to Rome and Venice before returning to Amsterdam to set up his own workshop in 1697, specializing in ceiling, over-the-door and over-the-mantelpiece decorations for the large patrician canal houses on the Herengracht and Keizersgracht. His pupil was Jacob de Wit, who continued to make similar interior decorations.