Background
She was the daughter of January Brant, an important city official in Antwerp, and Clara de Moy.
She was the daughter of January Brant, an important city official in Antwerp, and Clara de Moy.
Brant married Rubens on 3 October 1609 in Saint Michael"s Abbey, Antwerp. They had three children: Clara, Nikolaas and Albert. She was 34 years old when she died of the plague.
Several paintings of Brant and one important drawing of her by Rubens survive, in addition to a portrait of her by Rubens" disciple and assistant, Anthony van Dyck.
In 1977, Brant appeared on a postage stamp of Anguilla. Liedtke, Walter A. (1984).
Flemish paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Artist New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Artist
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