The Antwerp painter Marten Pepijn (1575 - 1643) was a member of Antwerp's Guild of Romanists. These painters worked in a somewhat dry, classical style, and were rapidly overshadowed by Rubens and the artists working with him. Anthony van Dyck painted this portrait during his second Antwerp period (1627 - 1632), when his style was highly atmospheric and refined. The portrait must have been painted in January or February 1632, since a letter indicates that the artist was already in London on 13 March of that year.
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