at different locations. The Guild further allowed "'art-pilgrims' to keep themselves up to date on news from Rome, whether it be on new painters or paintings, or newly discovered antiquities". Notable members Maerten de Vos - Co-founder Jan Brueghel the Elder,1599 Wenceslas Cobergher, 1605 Otto van Veen, Dean 1606 Abraham Janssens, 1610 or 1601 Hendrick van Balen, Dean 1613 Peter Paul Rubens, 1609, Dean 1613-14 Frans Snyders, 1619, Dean 1629 Jan Fyt, 1650, Dean 1652 Abraham Godijn, joined in 1716 and was Dean in 1723 References History of Antwerp Defunct clubs and societies