Portrait of Isabella Brant
c. 1620–25
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
European Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of Isabella Brant, c. 1620–25. Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640). Oil on wood; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1947.207 First, Rubens painted Isabella’s face, then at a later date he added hands.
- Maker/Artist
- Rubens, Peter Paul
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted 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.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1947.207
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts, Style, Truth and the Portrait, Peter Paul Rubens, Portraiture: The Image of the Individual, Rubens, Rubens in Private, The Early Celebrity of Peter Paul Rubens, Fifty Paintings by Old Masters, Art Gallery of Toronto, April 21- May 21, 1950, no. 40.<br><br>Belgium, The Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, 1977: "P.P Rubens: Paintings, Oil Sketches, Drawings," cat. no. 58, repr. <br><br>Style, Truth and the Portrait, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 1- Nov. 10, 1963, no. 21 (repr.) June 29- September 30, 1977.<br><br>P. P. Rubens Paintings, Oil Sketches, Drawings, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, 1977, cat. no. 58, illus.<br><br>A Tribute to Rubens: 400th anniversary of Peter Paul Rubens' Birth. The Cleveland Museum of Art, May- June 1977. (No catalogue: see label copy.)<br><br>Portraiture: The Image of the Individual, November 22, 1983- January 1984, The Cleveland Museum of Art (checklist)<br><br>Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille "Rubens": (3/6/2004 - 6/14/2004), exh. cat. no. 68, p. 128,130.<br>Rubenshuis, Antwerp, Belgium (3/28/2015 - 6/28/2015): "Rubens in Private"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 212 Baroque Painting and Sculpture
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