No one had ever beheld the three Rubens that he possessed, his two Watteau, his Jean Goujon pulpit, and the many other treasures that he had acquired by a vast expenditure of money at public sales.
According to Rubens' findings and I quote, this type of reward teaches me that I wouldn't do a particular activity for its own sake but only to earn the reward.
He was renowned for his technique, which created shimmering effects at a distance but left his dynamic brush strokes visible from up close—a style resembling that of Rubens (whom he knew) and, later, Rembrandt.