Isabella Brant

Isabella Brant
Portrait of Isabella Brant by Rubens, c. 1620-1625 (Cleveland Museum of Art)
Born	1591
Died	1626 (aged 34)
Cause of death	Bubonic plague
Nationality	Flemish
Occupation	Artists' model
Spouse	Peter Paul Rubens
Children	Clara Rubens, Nikolaas Rubens, Albert Rubens
Parents	Jan Brant (father), Clara de Moy (mother)

Isabella Brant (or Brandt; 1591–1626) was a Flemish artists' model, the first wife of painter Peter Paul Rubens. She was the daughter of Jan Brant, an important city official in Antwerp, and Clara de Moy. Brant married Rubens on 3 October 1609 in Saint Michael's Abbey, Antwerp. They had three children: Clara, Nikolaas and Albert. She was 34 years old when she died of the plague.

Several paintings of Brant and one important drawing of her by Rubens survive, in addition to a portrait of her by Ruben's disciple and assistant, Anthony van Dyck.

In 1977, Brant appeared on a postage stamp of Anguilla.

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  The Honeysuckle Bower by Rubens, c. 1609: the painter and Isabella Brant the year of their marriage (Alte Pinakothek, Munich)

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  Portrait drawing 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)