Figure 2.--The painting by Jacob Van Oost shown here shows a Bruges family in 1645.
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Figure 2.--The painting by Jacob Van Oost shown here shows a Bruges family in 1645. |
Again because of our concern over the lack of accurate perspective, it is difficult to assess the age of the older brother. We are guessing that he is a younger teenager, in part because we do not think that there ould be a 10-year gap in the ages of the children. The older brother's outfit is quite similar to that of his father. The boy wears a coat of subdued color, although brown rather thank black. Both wear large collars and matching cuff trim. The boy's collat, however, appears toi be a solid square white collar rather than the fine lace his father wears. Note the white trim on the hem of the knickets. His father also looks to have trim at the mem pf his knickers, but ot looks to be black and thus difficult to make out.
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