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who was the husband of a sister of his wife. Borrekens and
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Borrekens was active as an art dealer and accumulated important assets. He was an art collector who owned many paintings of prominent
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and others, who worked after Rubens' designs. Borrekens was also involved in this project as a collaborator. The canvas which
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