Ceiling decoration in Herengracht 497, restored in 2003 and presumed to be by the workshop of De Lairesse or Spiers.[2]
According to Houbraken he travelled to Italy and joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname "Piramied".[3] While in Italy he became friends with the Dutch painter Jacob de Heusch in Italy, who died from a fall after visiting the Spiers workshop in Amsterdam in 1701.[4]
According to Jan van Gool, he was a pupil of Gerard de Lairesse in Amsterdam.[5] Other sources also mention Willem van Ingen as his teacher.[6] 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.[5]
According to the RKD he worked in Rome, Venice, and the Hague, and became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in 1699.[7] His pupil was Jacob de Wit, who continued to make similar interior decorations.[7]
