 Seghers' contribution to the Ghent decorations was based on a design by Rubens and was later engraved by Jacob Neefs with the title and published by Jan van Meurs in Antwerp in a publication on the Joyous Entry into Ghent.Seghers was appointed court painter to the Cardinal-Infante on 25 June 1637.It is possible that in the 1640s he spent some time in Amsterdam.