Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2013.

The Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia

ArtistAttributed to Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

Dateca. 1616

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions47 1/2 × 38 in. (120.7 × 96.5 cm)
Overall, Frame: 59 3/8 × 49 5/8 × 5 in. (150.8 × 126 × 12.7 cm)

ClassificationsEuropean art

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.462

Terms

Woman
Royalty

Collections

European Art before 1945

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DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas painting. It is almost a full-length portrait of a woman of royalty. Her gaze is turned leftward, past the viewers. She is formally dressed in black with a very wide lace collar. The cuffs of her sleeves are also extremely wide and white. In her left hand is a handkerchief. She wears ornaments and pearls in her hair, pearl earrings, and several strands of heavy pearls around her neck beneath the wide white collar. She also wears a gold cross necklace and a very large enameled medallion pinned to her dress. Her hair is reddish brown.

Label TextPeter Paul Rubens Flemish, 1577–1640 Portrait of the Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia, ca. 1616 Oil on canvas Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.462