Isabella Brant

Isabella Brant
Portrait of Isabella Brant by Rubens, c. 1620–1625 (Cleveland Museum of Art)
Born	1591
Died	15 July 1626 (aged 34)
Cause of death	Bubonic plague
Nationality	Flemish
Occupation	Artists' model
Spouse(s)	Peter Paul Rubens
Children	Clara Rubens, Nikolaas Rubens, Albert Rubens
Parent(s)	Jan Brant (father), Clara de Moy (mother)

Isabella Brant (or Brandt; 1591 – 15 July 1626^[1]) was a Flemish artists' model who was the first wife of painter Peter Paul Rubens.

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