Isabella Brant

She was the eldest daughter of Jan Brant, a prominent city official in Antwerp, and Clara de Moy, daughter of Hendrik de Moy, secretary of the Antwerp city council. Her aunt Maria de Moy was married to Philip Rubens, brother of her future husband. Isabella Brant married Peter Paul Rubens on 3 October 1609 in St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp. They had three children: Clara (also called Clara Serena (1611-1623), Nicolaas, later Lord of Rameyen (1614-1657) and Albert (1618-1655). She was 34 years old when she died of the plague. == Portrayals of Isabella Brant ==

Rubens portrayed Isabella Brant in multiple individual portrait paintings, family portraits and a drawing. He also used her as a model for female figures in his religious and mythological paintings such as the Virgin in the Virgin and Child in a Flower Garland and one of the nymphs in the Diana and Her Nymphs Departing for the Hunt Rubens' studio assistant Anthony van Dyck also painted her portrait. ==Gallery==

Image:Peter Paul Rubens - Rubens and Isabella Brant in the honeysuckle bower.jpg|The Honeysuckle Bower by Rubens, c. 1609: the painter and Isabella Brant in the year of their marriage (Alte Pinakothek, Munich) File:Peter Paul Rubens - Diana and Her Nymphs Departing for the Hunt - 1959.190 - Cleveland Museum of Art.jpg|Diana and Her Nymphs Departing for the Hunt, by Rubens, 1609 Isabella Brant modelled the nymph on the far right. Image:Peter Paul Rubens - Portrait of Isabella Brant (British Museum 1482535001).jpg|Portrait Drawing of Isabella Brant by Rubens, c. 1621 (British Museum, London) Image:Peter Paul Rubens 093.jpg|Portrait of Isabella Brant by Anthony van Dyck, c. 1623–1626 (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.) Image:Peter Paul Rubens - Portrait of Isabella Brant (Uffizi).jpg|Portrait of Isabella Brant by Rubens, c. 1625 (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence) File:Clara Serena Rubens, by Peter Paul Rubens.jpg|Clara Serena Rubens, 1616–1619 (Liechtenstein Museum) Peter Paul Rubens - Portrait of Nicolaas Rubens, Son of the Artist, Wearing a Red Felt Cap.jpg|Portrait of Nicolaas Rubens by Rubens, c. 1626 (Albertina, Vienna) File:Peter Paul Rubens - Portrait of Albert Rubens (1614-1657), Son of the Artist, in Profile.jpg |Albert Rubens, c. 1626 (Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest)) ==Notes and references==