 When Abraham Genoels joined the Bentvueghels in 1670, Abraham Brueghel signed the "bentbrief" as "Abraham Breugel".Some time between 1672 and 1675, Abraham left Rome and moved to Naples, Italy.He played an important role in the development of still life painting in Naples, which had before his arrival in the city resisted the Flemish-Roman style of decorative still lifes.