雅各布Ochtervelt是荷兰黄金时代的风俗画家同时代的包括维米尔，泰尔博创，和德·霍赫。尽管他多产的工作，他是由三个主要的17世纪艺术目录学家，忽略安德烈Felibien，Jochaim Sandrart和R.德桩。[1]他被第一次提到阿诺德Houbraken，荷兰黄金时代画家的传记，谁写道：“雅各布Ugtervelt是在同一时期作为N.贝尔赫姆的学生”彼得·德的Hooge“ （霍奇），谁是闻名他的内饰件的谈话与老爷和夫人，但没有在他的背景的多角度，这需要一定的数学洞察力和技能“。[2]此评论被写的方式会使读者质疑Houbraken是否认为霍赫或Ochtervelt画不好的角度。根据亚伯拉罕·雅各范德机管局的后来他的传记，他的风格更符合保持杰拉德Terburg或加布里埃尔Metzu，并且除了与霍赫分享贝尔赫姆的工作室，他曾经的学生弗兰斯面包车Mieris长辈。

按照荷兰的学院艺术史，他在积极哈勒姆在那里他的学生Nicolaes Pietersz贝尔赫姆，后来他回到鹿特丹（1655年至1672年），在那里他的学生Ludolf德Jongh（谁也教彼得·霍赫）。1672后的灾难年，他搬到阿姆斯特丹。
 

Jacob Ochtervelt is Holland golden age genre painter contemporaries, including Vermeer, Bo and de Ho Thiel, hector. In spite of his prolific work, he was composed of three major seventeenth Century art catalogues, ignoring Andre Felibien, Jochaim Sandrart and R.. [1] he was first mentioned in Arnold Houbraken, Holland golden age artist's biography, who wrote: "Jacob Ugtervelt is in the same period as the student N. Berchem" Peter de Hooge "(Hodge), who is known for his interior conversation with Mrs. Bennet and, but not in terms of his background, which requires a certain the mathematical insight and skills". [2] this review is written in a way that will make the reader question whether Houbraken believes that he or Ochtervelt draw a bad angle. According to Abraham Jacob van Deji authority later his biography, his style is more consistent with the Gerrard Terburg or Gabriel Metzu, and in addition to share Bell Herm with Hoche's studio, his former student Frans van Mieris.
According to the Holland School of art history, he was active in Haarlem where his students Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, he later returned to Rotterdam (1655 to 1672), where his student Ludolf de Jongh (who also taught Peter Hoche). 1672 years after the disaster, he moved to Amsterdam.