 His chief work, "St. Joseph Awakened by an Angel", was painted for the church of St. Catherine in Mechelen.Hendrik Herregouts (Mechelen, 1633 – Antwerp, 1704) was a history and portrait painter and draughtsman with an international career spanning Italy, Germany and his native Flanders.Willem Herregouts (probably Mechelen 1640 - Amiens 1711) was a history painter who emigrated to Amiens in France where he was known "inter alia" as Guillaume Herregosse or Guillaume Hergosse and had a successful career.