Portrait of Isabella Brant
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
c. 1620–25
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
unframed: 53 × 46 cm · framed: 83 × 73.5 × 9 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Accession Number
1947.207
Tags
male
About this artwork
Isabella Brant was Rubens’s first wife. He painted her many times in many different ways before she died at the age of 35 (she is a model for a nymph in the other work by Rubens in this room). This intimate portrait, painted at least five years before her death, suggests the close relationship between the painter and sitter through the warm palette, the luscious brushstrokes, and her lively expression.