Peter Paul Rubens
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Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens's highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects o
Self-Portrait, c. 1623 – c. 1630
Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer, 1597
Adam and Eve, early work, c. 1599
Battle of the Amazons, 1598
Isabella Brant
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Isabella Brant was the first wife of the Flemish baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens. Rubens painted several portraits of her.
Peter Paul Rubens
…was called upon as a painter and also as an ambassador and diplomat. Rubens further cemented his ties to the city when, on 3 October 1609, he married Isabella Brant, the daughter of a leading Antwerp citizen and humanist, Jan Brant. In 1610, Rubens moved into a new house and studio that he designed. Now the Rubenshuis…
Portrait of Isabella Brant by Rubens, c. 1620–1625 (Cleveland Museum of Art)
The Honeysuckle Bower by Rubens, c. 1609: the painter and Isabella Brant in the year of their marriage (Alte Pinakothek, Munich)
Diana and Her Nymphs Departing for the Hunt, by Rubens, 1609 Isabella Brant modelled the nymph on the far right.
Portrait Drawing of Isabella Brant by Rubens, c. 1621 (British Museum, London)