Biography

He was registered in the Utrecht Guild of St. Luke

Utrecht Guild of St. Luke

The Utrecht Guild of Saint Luke refers to two artist collectives in Utrecht ; the old Catholic Zadelaarsgilde dating from the middle ages, as well as the newer Sint Lucas Gilde established in 1611. The first collective was for a number of trades that were connected to the art industry, though the...

 in 1668 and in 1669 he was registered in the Confrerie Pictura

Confrerie Pictura

The Confrerie Pictura was a more or less academic club of artists founded in 1656 in The Hague, by local art painters, who were unsatisfied by the Guild of Saint Luke there.-History:The guild of St...

 in The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

, where he worked until he died.
According to Houbraken he was a student of Cornelius van Poelenburgh

Cornelius van Poelenburgh

Cornelis van Poelenburgh, was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.-Biography:Though 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 though he was quite successful in imitating his master's style, he switched to portraits since he could make a comfortable living that way.
Though he is considered by some to have been born in Utrecht, he signed his name 'Joh. Haensbergh Gorco fecit', which leads historians to conclude he was from Gorinchem. His portraits show the influence of Caspar Netscher

Caspar Netscher

Caspar Netscher was a Dutch portrait and genre painter. He was a master in depicting oriental rugs, silk and brocade and introduced an international style to the Northern Netherlands.-Life:...

.