He worked for a long time in Paris where he was a court painter to the King and mainly painted portraits.

He further stated that he was ready to establish himself in Antwerp if he were relieved from the obligation to provide city services.

The dispute between the two families became quite heated and Constantijn was ordered by penalty of physical punishment to desist from insulting his brother-in-law.

It appears that he spent above his means although he was successful as an artist and his works fetched high prices.

[1] He died debt-laden on 12 January 1717 in Antwerp in a house he was renting in de Lange Nieuwstraat.

In addition to the Battle of Ekeren, he painted a canvas showing Maarten van Rossum's departure after his attack on Antwerp on 24 July 1542 (Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp), The siege of Namur by William III of Orange (unknown location), the Presentation of the keys of Strasbourg to Louis XIV (Musée historique de Strasbourg) and an unlocated bird's eye view of a battle painted in 1702.