He worked on publication projects for prominent Flemish artists of his time including Rubens, van Dyck and Jacob Jordaens.
In March 1632 he became a member of the 'Sodaliteit van de Bejaerde Jongmans', a fraternity for bachelors established by the Jesuit order.
In Rubens' studio he belonged to the 'new generation' of engravers with the likes of Hans Witdoeck.
[6] Other prominent painters for whom or after whom he made engravings include Jacob Jordaens,[7] Abraham van Diepenbeeck,[8] Gerard Seghers,[9] Philip Fruytiers, Annibale Carracci and Theodoor van Thulden.
[3] He collaborated on various printing projects with the leading engravers of his time including Mattheus Borrekens, Cornelis Galle the Younger, Wenceslaus Hollar, Pieter de Jode II, Theodoor van Merlen, Michel Natalis and Paulus Pontius.