the work of van reesbroeck consists mainly of portraits. he is also known for four history paintings depicting the church fathers. as van reesbroeck only signed the portraits of his foreign patrons and the paintings of the church fathers, the attributions of certain works to the artist are not always firm. for instance, the "" (museum of fine arts, ghent) has traditionally been attributed to jacob van oost but recently some scholars proposed an attribution to van reesbroeck.