Isabella Brant (or Brandt; 1591 – 15 July 1626) was the first wife of the
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Peter Paul Rubens
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradit ...
, 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
Hendrik de Moy (Herentals, 21 April 1534 – 15 February 1610, Antwerp) was secretary of the Antwerp city council and a historian.P. Génard, "Aenteekening over den Stadssekretaris Hendrik de Moy / Notice sur le Secrétaire Henri de Moy", ''Antwer ...
. 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
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. She was 34 years old when she died of the
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Jan Brant; ''married to Clara de Moy; daughter of
Hendrik de Moy
Hendrik de Moy (Herentals, 21 April 1534 – 15 February 1610, Antwerp) was secretary of the Antwerp city council and a historian.P. Génard, "Aenteekening over den Stadssekretaris Hendrik de Moy / Notice sur le Secrétaire Henri de Moy", ''Antwer ...
''.“De” Vlaamsche school: algemeen tijdschrift voor kunsten en letteren / Buschmann, 1863
##Isabella Brant, (1591–1626); married to
Peter Paul Rubens
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradit ...
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
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
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Munich
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Image:Peter Paul Rubens, Portrait of Isabella Brant -British Museum 1482535001.jpg, Portrait drawing of Isabella Brant by Rubens, c. 1621 (
British Museum
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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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Galleria degli Uffizi
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Florence
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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 h ...