Flanders / c. 1620–25
Portrait of Isabella Brant
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Portrait of Isabella Brant as painting (Flanders · c. 1620–25).
First, Rubens painted Isabella’s face, then at a later date he added hands.
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The museum identifies this painting as oil on wood and credits Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640).
The museum's collection notes: 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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