Detail from "Group Portrait" (see main detail) by Pieter Verneulen Cornelisde Haan - Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands (see more details - | A | B | C | D | E |).

Note a strong facial, particularly nasal, resemblance of those portrayed, who have different "family" names, thus presumably different fathers and mothers. A biologic explanation may be that they are illegitimate half paternal [non maternity is rare] brothers or are otherwise related. An alternative is that the painter was inaccurate.

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