Portrait of Isabella of Bourbon
1630
oil
panel
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
1630
oil
panel
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Portrait of Isabella of Bourbon is a 1630 oil by Follower of Peter Paul Rubens, a Baroque work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
This painting shows a woman, Isabella of Bourbon, sitting in a fancy dress. She looks rich and important. The artist used a lot of detail to show her clothes and jewelry, which makes her look even more wealthy - for example, her dress is intricately painted with folds and patterns. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique of glazing.
Probably Quincy Adams Shaw (died 1908), Boston [according to Valentiner 1947; Valentiner knew the picture as early as 1931, since he wrote an expertise dated Detroit, April 25, 1931, on the back of a photo in the curatorial file]. A. and E. Silberman Galleries, New York, by 1946 [according to Valentiner 1947]; Chester D. Tripp, Chicago; given to the Art Institute, 1962.
Madrid, Palacio Real, El arte en la Corte de los Archiduques Alberto de Austria e Isabel Clara Eugenia: Un Reino Imaginado. December 2, 1999 - February 27, 2000, cat. 101 .
W.R. Valentiner, “Rubens Paintings in America,” The Art Quarterly 9 (1946), p. 164, no. 105a. Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 1962-63, Chicago, 1963, p. 13. John Maxon, “Three Baroque Portraits,” Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 57, no. 1 (1963), p. 2, ill. p. 3. J[ohn] M[axon], “A Great New Painting by Rubens,” Calendar of the Art Institute of Chicago 62,no. 1 (1968), n.p. Frances Huemer, Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part XIX. Portraits, Brussels, 1977, p. 159, fig. 110. John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings in North America, New York, 1979, p. 242. Michael Jaffé, “Rubens’s…
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Follower of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) was a Flemish artist.
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