The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, Archduchess of Austria & Regent of the Netherlands (1566-1633)
after Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1625 - 1700
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
1320 x 915 mm
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Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland
NT 1276879
Summary
Oil painting on panel, The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, Archduchess of Austria & Regent of Netherlands (1566-1633), after Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Seigen 1577 - Antwerp 1640), 17th-century. Three-quarter length, standing in black, with folded hands.
Full description
There are many versions of this portrait, the best of which is that by Rubens and his studio in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena (115.5 x 88.7 cm.), datable to 1625/6. Isabella adopted the Franciscan habit of a Poor Clare after the death of Albert in 1621.
Provenance
On loan from Lord Hastings
Makers and roles
after Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640), artist