Cause of death Bubonic plague Role Artist's model Name Isabella Brant | Occupation Artists' model Nationality Flemish | |
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Children Clara Rubens, Nikolaas Rubens, Albert Rubens Parent(s) Jan Brant (father), Clara de Moy (mother) Died July 15, 1626, Antwerp, Belgium Spouse Peter Paul Rubens (m. 1609–1626) Similar People Peter Paul Rubens, Helena Fourment, Anthony van Dyck | ||
Marriage location Antwerp, Belgium | ||
'Peter Primate Rubens' - a time-lapse painting by Alexander Devenport
Isabella Brant (or Brandt; 1591 – July 15, 1626) was a Flemish artists' model who was the first wife of painter Peter Paul Rubens.
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Family
She was the eldest daughter of Jan Brant, an important city official in Antwerp, and Clara de Moy. Her aunt Marie de Moy was married to Phillipe I Rubens, brother of her future husband. Isabella Brant married the brother of her uncle Peter Paul on 3 October 1609 in St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp. They had three children: Clara, Nicolaas, Lord of Rameyen and Albert. She was 34 years old when she died of the plague.
Works
Several paintings of Brant and one important drawing of her by Rubens survive, in addition to a portrait of her by Rubens' disciple and assistant, Anthony van Dyck.
In 1977, Brant appeared on a postage stamp of Anguilla.
