Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infanta of Spain

Paulus Pontius, after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Associated Names
Paulus Pontius

Artist, Flemish, 1603 - 1658

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist After, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

The image shows a three-quarter view portrait of a person, approximately from the waist up. The person is standing and facing the viewer directly. They have a solemn expression with arched eyebrows and their eyes appear to be gazing directly at the viewer. The individual's hair is covered under a veil that is part of their attire. The person wears dark, flowing robes with a white undershirt, and their hands are held together in front of their body, partially covered by the robe's sleeves. Surrounding the portrait is an elaborate frame with decorative elements, including a pair of cherubs holding a billowing drapery at the top. The cherubs have wings and one holds a laurel wreath around an eye within a triangle. The background is ornately detailed with patterns and Latin inscriptions in the frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 59.1 x 43.1 cm (23 1/4 x 16 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.91.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 91


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2008 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam, no. 91.

Inscriptions

upper center: D. ISABELLA CLARA EUGENIA, HISPANIARUM INFANS, & C / PROVIDENTIA AUGUSTA / UT SERVES VINCIS; lower left: P. P. Rubens pinxit / cum privilegio; lower right: P. Pontius sculpsit; lower center: Caeseribus provis... / CLARA ISABELLA, tuis. / C. Gevartius lud.

Wikidata ID

Q76439146

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