他的出生地是未知的。签署的文件存在在乌得勒支，他被列为Simon van Poelenburch六岁的儿子，在乌得勒支的一个天主教佳能。他开始训练Abraham Bloemaert，他最早签署画1620。他前往罗马，在那里他受到Adam Elsheimerand的影响成为Bentvueghels的创始成员，主要是佛兰德和荷兰艺术家在罗马工作的社会。的bentveughels通常会采用一个绰号称为“弯曲的名字。Van Poelenburch的“”bentname Satiro（'satyr”）。他把几个罗马主教在他的赞助人。
他被称为英国的查尔斯我的英国，他让小内阁的碎片。他回到乌得勒支，他去世后的短短几年后，他以前的老师Abraham Bloemaert。
他的“最重要、最成功的学生是丹尼ëL vertangen，德克van der利瑟，弗兰çOIS verwilt，和Jan van Haensbergen。Arnold Houbraken声称，他最好的学生是来自布雷达的Joan vander Lis（Dirk vander Lis来自海牙）。Houbraken又提到vertangen，verwilt，Warnard van Rysen博梅尔，和Willem van Steenree的侄子。RKD还提到劳伦斯便宜。

His birthplace is unknown. A signed document survives in Utrecht where he is listed as six years old and the son of Simon van Poelenburch, a Catholic canon in Utrecht. He initially trained with Abraham Bloemaert, and his earliest signed paintings are from 1620.He traveled to Rome where he was influenced by Adam Elsheimerand became a founding member of the Bentvueghels, the society of mainly Flemish and Dutch artists working in Rome. The Bentveughels would typically adopt a nickname referred to as the 'bent name'. Van Poelenburch's bentname was ‘satiro’ (‘Satyr’). He counted a few Roman cardinals under his patrons.

He was called to England by Charles I of England, for whom he made small cabinet pieces.He returned to Utrecht where he later died just a few years after his old teacher Abraham Bloemaert.

His "most important and successful" pupils were Daniël Vertangen, Dirck van der Lisse, François Verwilt, and Jan van Haensbergen. Arnold Houbraken claimed that his best pupil was Joan vander Lis from Breda (not Dirk vander Lis from The Hague). Houbraken then mentioned Vertangen, Verwilt, Warnard van Rysen from Bommel, and Willem van Steenree, a nephew.The RKD also mentions Laurens Barata.