Isabella Brant (or Brandt; 1591 – 15 July 1626) 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
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
, and Clara de Moy, daughter of Hendrik de Moy. Her aunt Marie de Moy was married to
Phillipe I Rubens
Philip Rubens (1574–1611), was a Flemish antiquarian, librarian and philologist from the Low Countries. He was the older brother of the prominent Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens.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.
Jan Brant; ''married to Clara de Moy; daughter of Hendrik de Moy''.“De” Vlaamsche school: algemeen tijdschrift voor kunsten en letteren / Buschmann, 1863
##Isabella Brant, (1591–1626); married to Peter Paul Rubens.
### Albert Rubens
##Hendrik Brant (1594); died in youth.
##Jan Brant (1596); died without children.
##Clara Brant (1599); married in 1619 to Daniel II Fourment, Lord of Wijtvliet, brother of Helena Fourment
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
Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy.
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In 1977, Brant appeared on a postage stamp of Anguilla.
Gallery
Image:Peter Paul Rubens (1574-1640) Rubens en Isabella Brant in een prieel van kamperfoelie - Alte Pinakothek.jpg, '' The Honeysuckle Bower'' by Rubens, c. 1609: the painter and Isabella Brant the year of their marriage ( Alte Pinakothek, Munich)
Image:Peter Paul Rubens, Portrait of Isabella Brant -British Museum 1482535001.jpg, Portrait drawing of Isabella Brant by Rubens, c. 1621 ( British Museum, London)
Image:Peter Paul Rubens 093.jpg, Portrait of Isabella Brant by Anthony van Dyck, c. 1623–1626 (
National Gallery of Art
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, Washington, D.C.)
Image:Peter Paul Rubens 092.jpg, Portrait of Isabella Brant by Rubens, c. 1625 (
Galleria degli Uffizi
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, Florence)
File:Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) Clara Serena Rubens (1611-1623) Rubenshuis Antwerpen 28-5-2016 10-38-59.JPG, ''Clara Serena Rubens'' (1611–1623) -
Rubenshuis
The Rubenshuis () is the former home and workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) in Antwerp. Purchased in 1610, Rubens had the Flemish townhouse renovated and extended on the basis of designs by Rubens himself. After the renovations, the ho ...