Biography

According to Houbraken he was born and lived in Leiden and was still painting in 1640, along with his contemporaries Arnout Elsevier, Jan van Goyen, and Egmont Cornelisz Stooter. Houbraken may have meant Cornelis Stooter, since both Elsevier and Stooter were founders of the Utrecht guild, and all four men were known as landscape painters.

According to the RKD he was the son of Hans Liefrinck II, is registered as a master painter in the Leiden Guild of St. Luke

Leiden Guild of St. Luke

The Leiden Guild of Saint Luke refers to three artist collectives in Leiden; the Leidsche St. Lucas Gilde dating from 1648, the newer Leidse Tekenacademie established in 1694, and the collective known as Ars Aemula Naturae established in 1799.-History:Like other Dutch cities, Leiden required...

 in the years 1604-1632, and became bailiff of Rijnsburg

Rijnsburg

Rijnsburg is a community in the eastern part of the city Katwijk, in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The name means Rhines Burg in Dutch.-History:...

in 1627. He is known for landscapes and seascapes.