Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yayin da yake a Rubens'studio ya kasance mai haɗin gwiwa a kan manyan ayyukan Rubens. An yi imanin cewa ya yi aiki tare da Rubens a kan kayan ado na rufi don Hall Hall. Tare da mahaifinsa, Jan ya ba da gudummawa ga kayan ado don Shigar da farin ciki na Cardinal-infant Ferdinand a Antwerp a ranar 17 ga Afrilu 1635, wanda ƙirar zane-zane ta kasance ƙarƙashin jagorancin Rubens. Jan ya zana zane-zane masu ban mamaki don wannan lokacin bayan zane-zanen Rubens. Daga cikin waɗannan manyan ayyuka an adana wasu kamar "Triumphal Entrance na Cardinal Prince Ferdinand na Spain" (Uffizi Gallery) da "" (Royal Collection). An san cewa wannan aikin na ƙarshe, wanda ke bikin nasarar Cardinal-Infant akan sojojin Sweden a yakin Nördlingen
na 1634 van den Hoecke ne ya zana bayan zane mai mai Rubens. An sanya shi a wani wuri na tsakiya a tsakiyar gaban Arch na Ferdinand a lokacin Joyous Entry. Ya kasance a waje na 'yan watanni bayan taron lokacin da aka fallasa shi ga abubuwan halitta. Kamar yadda van der Hoecke ya kasance a Italiya a wannan lokacin, Jacob Jordaens ya sake yin amfani da zane a cikin 1636 kafin a ba shi Cardinal-Infant Ferdinand a 1637.