#passing clouds

[tonechasing]

Oh god, the clouds, the moon

[portrait-paintings]

Isabella Brant

Artist: Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599 - 1641)

Date: 1621

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, United States

Description

Isabella Brant was the first wife of the Antwerp master Peter Paul Rubens, whom she married shortly after his return from Italy in 1609.

The monumental Italianate partition at the entrance to the garden at Rubens's mansion, an Antwerp landmark designed by the artist-owner himself as one of northern Europe's first classically styled structures, provides a fitting setting. Rubens had placed sculptures of Mercury, god of painters, and Minerva, goddess of wisdom and learning, atop the screen. In his portrait, Van Dyck moved the statue of Minerva to an imaginary position behind Isabella's right shoulder, reinforcing the link between his sitter and the goddess. Van Dyck added to Isabella's liveliness and flair through the angled rhythms of the orange-red curtain behind her, the colorful elegance of her red-and-gold dress, the shimmering gold and jeweled chain draped across her chest, and the clouds passing across the blue sky. Isabella Brant died in 1626 at age 34 of the bubonic plague, leaving behind a desolate Rubens and three children.

[saskle]

Day 25/30 of #pleinairpril2025 Theme: Aqua Hosted by @warriorpainters

Clouds are quite difficult to paint, don't you think?

[downfalldestiny]

Behind the clouds 🌕 !.

[frommylimitedtravels]

Sunrise Park - Mt. Rainier National Park

[i-me-myselfs-stuff]

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

[mercurygray]

At whoever is subscribed to me on AO3 - I am so sorry, I am dumping 4+ months of Thirsty Thursday drabbles into ‘Passing Clouds’ for easier reading and reference. 

[1kbeers]

937. Rockwell Beer Co. – Passing Clouds

It’s been an extremely busy summer. I’ve been helping to coach my son’s baseball team, and we’ve had several games each week. Additionally, we were gone on vacation for a we…