Mor had actually visited London in 1554, and painted three versions of his well-known portrait of Queen Mary; he also painted English courtiers who visited Antwerp.

In 1644 he visited Ghent, Bruges and Antwerp and took the opportunity to study agricultural methods in use there.

He visited Antwerp, a reflection of the power the publishers there now had over what was now a European market for prints.

His younger brother Rafael I joined him there, and they continued to work closely together, moving to Cologne in about 1579, but continuing to visit Antwerp.

In Belgium they will visit Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Charleroi, Namur, Liege and Brussels.

Between 12 September and 15 September 2000 he visited Brussels, Antwerp and Rotterdam.

After 1701 he regularly visited Antwerp, and was in Belgium in 1704.

Philips arranged with the Procurator-General of the Regent's government in Brussels that he would visit Antwerp at a time when Tyndale's host Poyntz was away.

From 1779 to 1782 he want abroad to develop his skills, visiting the Netherlands, Antwerp and Paris where he copied old masters.

"The implications suggest that Oliver and Gheeraerts singly or together visited Antwerp in the late eighties and were influenced by the portrait style of Frans Pourbus."