van reesbroeck worked for a while as the 'private painter' of the moretus family. in 1695 balthasar moretus ii commissioned the artist to paint portraits of himself, his wife and mother and also to make adjustments to an existing family portrait. as was common at the time, the pendant portraits of balthasar moretus ii and his wife anna goos place the husband on the dominant position on the right. the pictures show the sitters with fairly stern expressions staring straight at the viewer. they are dressed in the latest fashions but without extragance. the overall impression given by the two portraits is that of wealth and virtue without exuberance. the red curtain, view to the open sky and an antique column in the background provide the necessary contrast in the picture of anna goos. these elements are a constant in van reesbroeck’s work and were already present in his earliest works.