 The works included originals and copies of Italian masters, landscapes and a portrait of Paul Bril, two portraits of saints by Anthony van Dyck and two portraits and a self-portrait by Rubens painted during his youth, which is lost.Matthys suffered from a weak constitution and on 17 and 19 September 1638 he was so ill that he drew up a will.He did not die then but more than 10 years later on 2 September 1649.