They executed several paintings for the city's churches. It is difficult to discern in these works the contribution of either artist.

Jacob the Elder moved with his family to Rome in 1594. Cobergher joined them and the two artists continued their collaboration. Four months after the death of his first wife, Cobergher married Jacob's daughter Suzanna in Rome on 20 November 1599. At the time the Franckaert family was registered in the register of the parish of San Lorenzo in Rome and they were still registered there in March 1601. Jacob