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Look at her slight smile and direct glance, then at the pearl earring, the gold chain and the jeweled band in her hair.
Isabella Brant was Rubens’s first wife, and he painted her many times before her death at the age of 35. Warm color, loose brushwork and her lively, half-smiling look give this small portrait a private, intimate feel. According to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Rubens painted her face first and added the hands later.
oil on wood · Framed: 83 x 73.5 x 9 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art · Baroque
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Details and source
- Museum title
- Portrait of Isabella Brant
- Artist
- Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
- Date
- c. 1620–25
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- Framed: 83 x 73.5 x 9 cm (32 11/16 x 28 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 53 x 46 cm (20 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.