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The only known information on this painter is that, in 1611, he belonged to the Guild of Saint Muller (the brotherhood of painters of Utrecht), of which he was a member in 1627–1628. He painted still lifes, portraits and religious scenes, although the latter are only known through prints (Posada Kubissa, T.: Pintura holandesa en el Museo Nacional del Prado. Catálogo razonado, 2009, p. 260).
No other 17th-century European painter combined artistic talent, social and economic success and a high cultural level like Rubens. Though primarily a painter, he also made numerous designs for prints, tapestries, architecture, sculpture and decorative objects. His abundant work is strikingly versatile in its subject matter, including paintings on mythological, religious and historical subjects as