Brief Biography-Justus van Egmont from Leyden was a student of the Flemish artist Gaspar van den Hoecke. He later entered the atelier of Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp. Conjecture has it that he came under the influence of Anthony van Dyck at one stage. In 1628, he became a Master in the Antwerp Guild of St Luke. His work took him to Paris, where Louis XIII and XIV engaged him in his service; he got introduced to the circle of the royal court through dealings with Rubens. He assisted Simon Vouet in undertaking several historical works and was handsomely rewarded by the monarchs over many years. Egmont became an elder at the founding of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture of Paris in 1648. After Paris, he returned to Antwerp and worked on tapestries there and in Brussels. He died in Antwerp in 1674. He left behind him a collection of the great master’s paintings amongst his works.