Isabella d’Este
1600/1601 | Peter Paul Rubens
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.
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.
Artist:
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 Siegen - 1640 Antwerpen) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Isabella d'Este (1480-1519), Markgräfin von Mantua (1474 - 1539) DNB
Time:
1600/1601
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
101,8 cm × 81 cm
Framed: 125,5 cm × 106 cm × 9 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1534
Provenance
From Rubens' estate; Coll. Leopold Wilhelm;