Isabella Brant

Who was Isabella Brant?

Isabella Brant 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.