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Planned Additions

 * Change the names of the tapestries listed under 'works', correct names are The Story of Cleopatra or The Story of Cleopatra and Antony, The Story of Caesar, and The Story of Zenobia and Aurelian.
 * Add the names of several of the workshops that wove his pieces, Van Leef-sael-Van der Strecken-Peemans association, and the workshop of Geraert van der Strecken.
 * Add source for the information about Van Egmont working with Rubens on the Medici Cycle.
 * Add information to the "Life" section
 * Add more information about Van Egmonts tapestry work in Paris.
 * Van Egmont, along with Charles Le Brun and other painters, founded the French Académie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture in 1648. However, he returned to Brussels in 1649, and then returned to Antwerp in 1655.
 * Add information to the "Works" section under tapestries
 * 14 tapestries from The story of cleopatra, the story of caesar, and the story of zenobia and aurelian have been condensed into the contemporary series The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra by the Art Institute of Chicago.
 * The story of cleopatra sometimes referred to as the story of Cleopatra and Antony was created before June 1651 and includes 9 designs.
 * The Story of Caesar was created around March 1659 and includes 8 subjects. It includes references to Ruben's Story of Achilles, In the Discovery of the plot to kill Caesar, the soldier in the the foreground on the right is a direct quotation of a soldier in the Wrath of Achilles
 * The Story of Zenobia and Aurelian was painted from 1664 to 1665, and unlike Cleopatra and Caesar was commissioned by Gerard Peemans. There are 8 scenes belonging to this series.
 * Van Egmont's tapestry designs include expressive facial expressions, as well as monumental figures in dramatic poses, all recognizable elements of Flemish High Baroque.