Isabella Brant
Portrait of Isabella Brant by Rubens, c. 1620–1625 (Cleveland Museum of Art)
Born	1591
Died	15 July 1626 (aged 34)
Spouse	Peter Paul Rubens ​ (m. 1609)​
Children	Clara,Nicolaas,Albert

Isabella Brant (orBrandt; 1591 – 15 July 1626^[1]) was the first wife of theFlemish baroque painterPeter Paul Rubens. Rubens painted several portraits of her.

She was the eldest daughter of Jan Brant, a prominent city official inAntwerp,^[2][3] and Clara de Moy, daughter ofHendrik de Moy, secretary of the Antwerp city council. Her aunt Maria de Moy was married toPhilip Rubens, brother of her future husband.

Isabella Brant married Peter Paul Rubens on 3 October 1609 inSt. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp. They had three children: Clara (also called Clara Serena (1611-1623),Nicolaas, later Lord of Rameyen (1614-1657) andAlbert (1618-1655). She was 34 years old when she died of theplague.

Rubens portrayed Isabella Brant in multiple individual portrait paintings, family portraits and adrawing. He also used her as a model for female figures in his religious and mythological paintings such as the Virgin in theVirgin and Child in a Flower Garland and one of the nymphs in theDiana and Her Nymphs Departing for the Hunt

Rubens' studio assistantAnthony van Dyck also painted her portrait.

• Isabella Brant and her children in art
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  The Honeysuckle Bower by Rubens, c. 1609: the painter and Isabella Brant in the year of their marriage (Alte Pinakothek,Munich)
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  Diana and Her Nymphs Departing for the Hunt, by Rubens, 1609 Isabella Brant modelled the nymph on the far right.
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  PortraitDrawing of Isabella Brant by Rubens, c. 1621 (British Museum,London)
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  Portrait of Isabella Brant by Anthony van Dyck, c. 1623–1626 (National Gallery of Art,Washington, D.C.)
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  Portrait of Isabella Brant by Rubens, c. 1625 (Galleria degli Uffizi,Florence)
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  Clara Serena Rubens, 1616–1619 (Liechtenstein Museum)
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  Portrait of Nicolaas Rubens by Rubens, c. 1626 (Albertina, Vienna)
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  Albert Rubens, c. 1626 (Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest))

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