Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish, 1577–1640
Portrait of Isabella Brant, c. 1620–25
Oil on wood
53 × 46 cm (20 ¾ × 18 in.)
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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.
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