Isabella Brant

Isabella Brant (or Brandt; 1591 – 15 July 1626^[1]) was the first wife of the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens, who painted several portraits of her.

Family

She was the eldest daughter of Jan Brant, an important city official in Antwerp, and Clara de Moy, daughter of Hendrik de Moy. Her aunt Marie de Moy was married to Phillipe I Rubens, brother of her future husband. Isabella Brant married the brother of her uncle Peter Paul on 3 October 1609 in St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp. They had three children: Clara, Nicolaas, Lord of Rameyen and Albert. She was 34 years old when she died of the plague.

Works

Several paintings of Brant and one important drawing of her by Rubens survive, in addition to a portrait of her by Rubens' disciple and assistant, Anthony van Dyck.

In 1977, Brant appeared on a postage stamp of Anguilla.

Gallery

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  The Honeysuckle Bower by Rubens, c. 1609: the painter and Isabella Brant the year of their marriage (Alte Pinakothek, Munich)
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  Portrait drawing of Isabella Brant by Rubens, c. 1621 (British Museum, London)
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  Portrait of Isabella Brant by Anthony van Dyck, c. 1623–1626 (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
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  Portrait of Isabella Brant by Rubens, c. 1625 (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence)
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  Clara Serena Rubens (1611–1623) - Rubenshuis Antwerp

Notes

Further reading

• Liedtke, Walter A. (1984). Flemish paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 0870993569. (see index).

External links

• Media related to Isabella Brant at Wikimedia Commons