Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

Title: Portrait of Isabella of Portugal
Creator:
Description: Isabel of Portugal, wife of Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, wears a sumptuous dress and sits with her hands folded. Some scholars suggest that Isabella never sat for this specific image, but that the artist modeled it on a lost donor portrait by Rogier van der Weyden done for an altarpiece given to the Portugese monastery of Batalha . The inscription in the upper left corner that identifies the sitter with the Persian Sibyl, Persica Sibylla Ia, is thought to be a later addition to the work.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public Domain
Subject (See Also): Duchesses Isabel, of Portugal, Wife of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy Jewelry Portraits
Geographic Area: Low Countries
Century: 15
Date: ca. 1450, additions ca. 1500
Related Work:
Current Location: Los Angeles, The Getty Center, 78.PB.3
Original Location:
Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Paintings
Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Panel; Oil
Donor:
Height/Width/Length(cm): 47.3cm/36.2cm/
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