 The persons represented are assumed to be Simon de Vos himself (in the middle), flanked on the left by Jan Cossiers and on the right by Johan Geerlof.Cossiers and Geerlof were two artist friends of de Vos who had also settled in Aix-en-Provence.Typical for his early work, Simon de Vos painted the faces in this composition with thick features and eyes set wide apart.