Isabella Brant

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Peter Paul Rubens, Rubens with Isabella Brant, c. 1609 (detail), Munich, Alte Pinakothek.
Peter Paul Rubens, Rubens with Isabella Brant, c. 1609 (detail), Munich, Alte Pinakothek.
Rubens, Isabella Brant, c. 1625, Florence, Uffizi
Rubens, Isabella Brant, c. 1625, Florence, Uffizi

Isabella Bran(d)t (15911626) was the first wife of 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.

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

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