He was born in Amsterdam and is known for genre works and portraits in the manner of Rembrandt.[1] From 1687 to 1690 he was apprenticed to his uncle, Jacob Koninck, at that time an artist at the court in Copenhagen, but in 1690, at the age of twenty-two, he moved to England where he specialized in portraits and tronies in the manner of Rembrandt.[1]
He was the nephew of the artist Philips Koninck.
He died in England.
