Isabella d’Este
1600/1601, Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Isabella d’Este
While in Mantua, Rubens copied two portraits that Titian had painted 70 years earlier of Isabella d’Este (1474–1539), who was known for her patronage and passion for collecting. One of them, of which the original has been preserved (Inv. No. GG 83), depicts Isabella as a young woman; the other, of which the original has been lost, depicts her dressed in a red velvet garment when she was about 50. The present painting is Rubens’s copy, in which he emphasised the brilliant appearance and well-endowed femininity of the Renaissance princess in the style of the Baroque.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Dated
1600/1601
Artist
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 Siegen - 1640 Antwerpen) - GND
Material
Canvas
Dimensions
101,8 cm × 81 cm
Framed: 125,5 cm × 106 cm × 9 cm
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 1534
Provenance
From Rubens' estate; Coll. Leopold Wilhelm;
Depiction/Person
Isabella d´ Ercole d´ Este (1474 - 1539) - GND
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