• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• Couwenbergh was born in Delft.
• His father Gillis was a silversmith, engraver, and art dealer from Mechelen.
• Christiaen learned to paint from Johan van Nes.
• He entered the Guild of St. Luke in Delft in 1627.
• He then travelled back and forth to Italy.
• After his return, he settled in The Hague where he joined the Confrerie Pictura in 1647 and became deacon in 1649.
• He specialized in large historical allegories as wall decorations, often with life-sized nudes.
• His patrons were Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, among other royal admirers, for wall decorations at Huis ter Nieuwburg, Huis ten Bosch and Huis Honselaarsdijk.
• Queen Christina of Sweden purchased a series of tapestries designed by him.
• He later moved to Cologne between 1654-1656, where he later died.
