• Was a Flemish Baroque painter, sculptor and engraver.
• According to Houbraken he was a painter from Strasbourg who painted for royalty.
• According to the RKD he was a son of Jan van der Heyden (died 1610) and worked in Strasbourg and was known for portraits, landscapes and historical allegories.
• Most of his work that survives today are engravings. • He died in Strasbourg or Cologne.