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| Title | Portrait of Isabella of Austria, Regent of the Low Countries (1566 - 1633) | |
| Collection | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | After Dyck, Anthony van (Flemish painter, 1599-1641, active in England) | |
| Date Earliest | about 1700 | |
| Date Latest | about 1800 | |
| Description | This is a copy of a Van Dyck portrait of about 1627, itself a copy of an original by Rubens dating from about 1625, of which there are many versions. The Archduchess is represented, whole length, in the costume of the sisters of St Clare, which she wore after the death of her husband, the Archduke Albert, in 1621. This copy was made not earlier than the eighteenth century. | |
| Current Accession Number | 1934P686 | |
| Former Accession Number | P.686´34 | |
| Subject | portrait (Isabella of Austria) | |
| Measurements | 153.7 x 102.2 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by Alderman Oliver Morland 1934. | |
| Publications | Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no. 53, ill. | |
| Rights Owner | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Dr Patricia Smyth | |