Portrait of Isabella Brant

Anthony van Dyck

1621

Oil on canvas

National Gallery, Washington

The attribution of this portrait of Rubens's first wife that came from the Crozat collection and was long held to be by the artist himself has been changed by recent researches. Specialists are now inclined to believe that this is the very portrait that Van Dyck presented to Rubens as a token of gratitude on leaving the master's studio.