Jacob Vrel was a Dutch Golden Age

Dutch Golden Age

The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...

 genre painter.

Biography

According to the RKD he was a member of the same "school" or artistic style as Pieter de Hooch

Pieter de Hooch

Pieter de Hooch was a genre painter during the Dutch Golden Age. He was a contemporary of Dutch Master Jan Vermeer, with whom his work shared themes and style.-Biography:...

, showing simple intimate scenes of daily life in towns, often including studies in perspective. Though no evidence for a specific "school" exists, the center of influence seems to have been in the artistic centers of Haarlem and Delft, for artists born during the years 1620-1630. The painters listed by the RKD in this category are Esaias Boursse

Esaias Boursse

Esaias Boursse , was a Dutch painter. His paintings were mainly genre works.- Biography :He was born in Amsterdam, the youngest son of immigrants from Wallonia. His parents, Jacques Boursse and Anna des Forest, married in 1618 in Amsterdam...

, Hendrick van der Burgh

Hendrick van der Burgh

Hendrick van der Burgh , was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter.-Biography:According to the RKD he was born in Delft and is a member of the same "school" or artistic style as Pieter de Hooch, showing simple intimate scenes of daily life in towns...

, Pieter de Hooch, Pieter Janssens Elinga

Pieter Janssens Elinga

-Biography:He was born in Bruges as the son of Gisbrecht Janssens, who probably taught him to paint. When he moved to Rotterdam in 1653, he changed his name to Elinga. He moved to Amsterdam in 1657, where he probably died. He is last registered alive in 1657, when he paid a poll tax in Amsterdam....

, Cornelis de Man

Cornelis de Man

Cornelis de Man was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:Kornelis was not satisfied with life in Delft. He wanted to travel beyond the port of Dordrecht and that is what he did, spending a year in Paris as soon as he came of age and had enough talent to pay his way with his painting skills...

, Hendrick ten Oever, and Jacob Vrel.

Vrel's birthplace is unknown but he is considered to have worked in Delft and Haarlem. His works are sometimes confused with those by Esaias Boursse.