Place/Date of activity

Rubens traveled through Holland in the company of Balthazar Gerbier. Visits to e.g. Breda, Rotterdam, Delft, Amsterdam, Utrecht; they returned to Antwerp by way of Brussels, where Rubens met with the Duke of Leganès. The main object of his Dutch visit was a secret diplomatic mission to discuss peace between Spain and the Republic and England: discussions with the British ambassador; Hauspie 2018, p. 140

Place/Date of activity

Rubens traveled through Holland in the company of Balthazar Gerbier. Visits to e.g. Breda, Rotterdam, Delft, Amsterdam, Utrecht; they returned to Antwerp by way of Brussels, where Rubens met with the Duke of Leganès. The main object of his Dutch visit was a secret diplomatic mission to discuss peace between Spain and the Republic and England: discussions with the British ambassador; Hauspie 2018, p. 140