In the painting, Cornelis de Vos and his son are shown wearing relatively narrow, flat ruffs with Vandyke edged lace. His wife and daughter (seated to the left) are shown with deep, goffered ruffs. His wife, Susanna Cock, is wearing a long stomacher with U-ending that is decorated with embroidered flowers in yellow coloured thread. The flowers are powdered across the ground cloth. The little girl is wearing a beige skirt embroidered with an intricate arabesque design with a palmette edging (the palmettes are of various shapes) in a dark brown thread.
Sources:
- VAN DER STIGHELEN, Katlijne (1990). De portretten van Cornelis de Vos (1584/85). Een kritische catalogus (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der Schone Kunsten, jrg. 52, Brussel, Paleis der Academiën, pp. 32-37.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_de_Vos#/media/File:Cornelis_de_Vos_-_Zelfportret_van_de_kunstenaar_en_zijn_familie_(1621)_-_KMSK_Brussel_25-02-2011_12-52-32.jpg (retrieved 18 March 2016).
Museum catalogue 'Cornelis de Vos' (retrieved 18 March 2016).
Koninklijke Musea online catalogue (retrieved 29 June 2016).
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