Portrait of the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia
Artist
Gaspar de Crayer
(Flemish, 1584-1669, active in Antwerp)
Datec. 1620
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions67 1/4 x 50 1/8 in. (170.8 x 127.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN217
Isabella Clara Eugenia was a daughter of King Philip II of Spain. In 1599 she married the Archduke Albert of Austria and after his death became sole governess of the Southern Netherlands, now modern Belgium. She died in Brussels in 1633. Isabella was a major patron of Rubens from his early years, culminating with the commission for the Triumph of the Eucharist series. De Crayer was a follower of Rubens and was also extensively employed by Isabella and her successor the Archduke Ferdinand. Rubens portrayed the Archduchess dressed as St. Clare in the cartoon for The Defenders of the Eucharist.
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Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)
c. 1628–29, reworked c. 1631
