#isabella clara eugenia

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Portrait of the Infanta Isabella

Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)

Title: Portrait of Isabella Clara Eugenia regent of the Netherlands

Genre: Portrait

Date: circa 1615

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: National Gallery, Westminster, England

Isabella Clara Eugenia (Spanish: Isabel Clara Eugenia; 12 August 1566 – 1 December 1633), sometimes referred to as Clara Isabella Eugenia, was sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands, which comprised the Low Countries and the north of modern France with her husband, Archduke Albert VII of Austria.

Their reign is considered the Golden Age of the Spanish Netherlands, which saw a revival of its economy and arts after a peace was concluded with the break-away Dutch Republic. Isabella was one of the most powerful women in 16th- and 17th-century Europe.

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art + hair pieces

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Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (Spanish, 1553-1608) Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain- Spanish infanta, ruler of the Spanish provinces of the Netherlands, c.1598-99.

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Philip II of Spain, his four wives, and their children who survived to adulthood:

L-R:

Maria Manuela of Portugal with her son Carlos, who she died shortly after giving birth to.

Mary I of England, who experienced a false pregnancy but had no children.

Philip II

Elisabeth of Valois, with her daughters Isabella Clara Eugenia and Catherine Michelle. She also miscarried twin girls, and her youngest daughter died soon after birth.

Anna of Austria with her son, the future Philip III. Three sons: Charles, Ferdinand, and Diego, as well as a daughter named Maria, died in childhood.

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Oil Painting, ca. 1598-1600, Spanish.

By Frans Pourbus the Younger.

Portraying the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia.

Royal Collection Trust.

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Hello one and all and welcome to the The Duchess Affair name post. This is a list of period-accurate given names you can give your MC if you need some inspiration or want to know what kinds of names ladies had back then. I've combed through the 1809 edition of Debrett's Peerage for names of noblewomen in the 1600s and 1700s in Britain, which is where I'm taking the liberty of assuming TDA is set.

As always, you can drop any questions in my inbox, I love love love playing reference librarian :-)

Most names in this period either came from the Bible or from literature. The Bible was the most common book owned and read, so Biblical names were frequently seen. Some nobles liked to show off how cultured and educated they were by naming their children after mythological figures or characters from poetry and history, but most people of all classes named children after ancestors or loved ones (which explains why it seems like it was the same dozen names getting passed around again and again.)

Very common names -- the majority of women back then had one of these names:

Anne

Caroline

Catharine (not a typo – this was the standard spelling in the 1700s!)

Charlotte

Diana

Elizabeth

Frances

Georgiana

Henrietta

Isabella

Jane

Louisa

Margaret

Maria (pronounced like “Mariah”)

Martha

Mary

Sarah

Sophia

Less common but not unheard-of names:

Agnes

Alathea

Albinia/Albina

Alicia/Alice

Amelia/ Emilia/Emily

Arabella

Augusta

Barbara

Bridget

Cassandra

Cecilia/Cecily

Clarissa

Constance/Constantia

Dorothea/Dorothy

Eleanor

Emma

Gertrude

Grace

Harriet/Harriott

Hester

Honora/Honoria

Jemima

Judith

Julia

Juliana

Lavinia

Laetitia/Letitia

Laura

Lucy

Marianna/Marianne

Matilda

Penelope

Priscilla

Rachael

Rebecca

Susan/Susanna/Susannah

Theodosia

Theresa

Thomasina/Thomasine

Rarities and oddities -- I only came across these names once or twice each, use them to add a bit of flavor and eccentricity!!!:

Abigail

Amabel/Amabella

Amantha

Anastasia

Angelica

Annabella

Antonia

Araminta

Beatrix

Camilla

Christiana/Christina

Clara

Clementia/Clementina

Dulcibella

Esme

Ethelred

Eugenia

Felicia

Flavia

Flora

Florentia

Frederica

Gabriella

Helen/Helena

Horatia

Josepha

Leonora

Madelina

Margaretta

Narcissa

Octavia

Olivia

Philadelphia

Rose

Selina

Sibella/Sibilla/Sibylla

Tryphena

Urania

Winifred

And just for fun, some extremely British sounding surnames I found that made me chuckle aristocratically:

Beckington

Cavendish

Chatham

Courtenay

Dalrymple

Darlington

Fortescue

Gainsborough

Kingscote

Lovelace

Mountstuart

Ogilvie

Pembroke

Pierrepont

Posonby

Tattershall

Twisleton

Wentworth

Willoughby

Wriothesley

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Infantas Isabella Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela with their pets, painted by Sofonisba Anguissola (1535-1625)

[jadeseadragon]

The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia (Spanish, 1566-1633): Sovereign of the Netherlands, Duchess of Lothier, Brabant, Limburg, Luxemburg, and Guelders, Margravine of Namur, Countess Palatine of Burgundy, Countess of Flanders, Artois and Hainaut. [source]

1. Attributed to Alonso Sánchez Coello (1531-1588) and Workshop, Isabella Clara Eugenia and Catharina, Daughters of Philip II, King of Spain, c. 1569-70, oil on canvas; The Royal Collection Trust, Green Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace.

2. Alonso Sánchez Coello (Spanish,1531-1588), The Infantas Isabel Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela, circa 1575, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid.

3. Alonso Sánchez Coello (Spanish, 1531-1588), Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, 1577, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid.

4. Alonso Sánchez Coello, The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia and Magdalena Ruiz, 1586, oil on canvas, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.

5. Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (Spanish, 1553-1608), The Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia, 1598-99, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid.

6. Frans Pourbus the Younger (Flemish, 1569-1622), The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, Archduchess of Austria, c. 1598-1600, oil on canvas.

7. Peter Paul Rubens and Workshop (Flemish, 1577-1640), Portrait of Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia, Spanish Regent of the Low Countries, as a Nun, 1625, oil on canvas.

8. Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641), The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, c. 1630, oil on canvas, Walker Art Gallery.

Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia (Spanish, Segovia, 1566 - 1633, Brussels) was the daughter of Philip II of Spain and his third wife, Elizabeth of Valois, who died after a miscarriage when the Infanta was only two. Her sister Catalina Micaela was one year younger.

She became the sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in the Low Countries and the north of modern France with her husband, Archduke Albert VII of Austria. She was one of the most powerful women in Europe at the time. The couple had no children. She joined the Sisters of St. Clare order after her co-regent's death.

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Peter Paul Rubens • Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, Wife of Archduke Albrecht VII • c. 1613/15

The Resplendent Outfit: The outrageous, extravagant, sometimes humorous and often beautiful outfits worn by subjects of old portraits; sometimes captioned, as an attempt at satire; a little history occasionally thrown in the mix.

Details

A Brief History of the Ruff

In the 16th century ruffs became popular for both men and women. It was a separate accessory whose function was to protect the overall garment from becoming soiled at the neck. It could be removed and laundered separately. The ruff evolved from the medieval split collar which likely served the same function.

The ruff collar started as a simple circle and throughout the century evolved into rather large, stiff contraptions (such as the one worn in the portrait above) that restricted movement. Because of this, it was thought to force its wearer to conform to proper posture. Its size and impracticality were somehow symbolic of the wealth of its owner.

The popularity of the ruff extended well into the 17th century.

Fun Fact! These collars are sometimes referred to as Medici collars as they were popularized by Maria de’ Medici, Queen of France.

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Detail - Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608)

The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, 1599

Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (Spanish, 1553-1608) Portrait of the Archduchess Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, ca.1600 Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University

[tiny-librarian]

Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands. 

[kmckeith]

Defenders of the Eucharist, c. 1625, Oil on canvas, 171 x 175 in. (434.3 x 444.5 cm) by Peter Paul Rubens.

Peter Paul Ruben's "Defenders of the Eucharist" is an oil painting on canvas that was made 171 inches tall and 175 inches wide. A few colors and shapes that were used are red, gold, black, blue and white; there is also some green. The main shapes used were ones to create birds, babies, people, flowers, clothing, books, staffs, light posts and pillars. The subjects of this painting are the seven "Defenders of the Eucharist" which are depicted as seven well dressed religious figures holding books, lamps and staffs standing at what appears to be he entrance/exit of an office or study. The work is balanced with equal dispersal of people and objects throughout yet it is separated into three informal parts displaying both rhythm and contrast with the men on the left dressed in gold, the men in the middle dressed in black and the men on the right dressed in red and tan garments; although separate, they all seem to be pointing to with the direction of their bodies or looking to the man in the center wearing mostly black holding his arm out as if to suggest he is about to say something important to the group. The artist brings emphasis to the background of the painting through adding the bird in the sky with the beacon of light behind it. Average/equal proportions are shown as to what you would expect in real life through the sizes of the smaller books, birds, babies and flowers in comparison to the larger people and building structures making the scene feel more realistic. The proportions of this work also help the viewer tell which objects/people are up close and which are farther away such as the feather pens at the front/bottom of the painting and the clouds in the distance towards the top.

The art makes me feel nostalgic for a time when I didn't exist yet and makes me wish I knew what life had been like during those times where people felt so strongly tied to one's self as well as their community through religious belief or duty. I feel this way because it is clear through the manner of dress the subjects are wearing and the looks of conviction upon their faces that they are passionate about what they are doing and they are passionate about working together to protect the greater good. The artwork relates to my life in 2024 because people are still coming together today for a multitude of reasons such as shared interest or heartbreak; whether it be online or face to face. There are still strong senses of community out there, we may just need to look a little deeper to find them within ourselves the ever changing world around us throughout the modern age. What I relate to throughout this painting is a feeling of religious duty and significance and the outfits the subjects are wearing also resonate highly with me because they remind me of midnight mass during Christmas time which is always a happy memory for me.

Flemish Baroque is the movement associated with this art. The work was made for a Spanish princess ruling the Spanish Netherlands, her name was Isabella Clara Eugenia and were designs for tapestries she asked for. The subjects are seven saints, whose job is to protect the doctrine of Transubstantiation for the Catholic church. The artist is Peter Paul Rubens; he worked on this piece in the Spanish Netherlands for the Princess Isabella from 1625-1628. The purpose the artwork served was amusement and enjoyment for the princess and her family as well as to celebrate catholicism and communion during mass. The artwork portrays that the artist was a very talented, creative, religious man and a life-long learner you might conclude through the inclusion of so many books and study materials in his paintings.

The importance of the artwork to society and the world is to teach history; religious history, history of the people it was made for, as well as art history regarding the baroque period. A cultural service this painting provides is helping people all over the world feel proud and connected to their religion, even if they are not catholic. I chose this artwork because it is one of the most well known and popular pieces and therefore the easiest to research.

[ratgrl1996]

This is The Triumph of Divine Love by Peter Paul Rubens. It was made in 1577-1640. It is oil paint on canvas. Seeing The Triumph of Divine Love in person is humbling. At 17 feet tall and 12.6 feet wide it has a way of making you feel small. The painting is surrounded by a shimmering, ornate golden frame. Slightly off center to the right is a figure of a woman. She stands tall on top of a golden chariot, pulled by 2 less than average sized lions, that matches the paintings frame. She is a motherly figure. She is surrounded by babies, some grounded and one in her arms, several flying above her head in a circle, depicting angels.

In the sky where they fly, the clouds open also in a circle, allowing pale yellow sunlight to shine on the motherly figure, creating a halo. The painting is not balanced. While there are 2 nearly identical pillars of gold and grey on both sides of the painting, there are not an equal amount of babies or angels on either side, and the mother figure stands off a bit to the right rather than the middle. There is unity in the brown, gold, blue, and flesh colors while the mothers red dress adds variety.

This painting makes me feel....small. The size is impressive of course, but it is also the power and generosity that the mother figure evokes makes me feel humble. This piece of art was commission by Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infanta of Spain and Portugal. It is one of eleven pieces of a series about the Eucharist cycle, which was an important issue during the Catholic- Protestant conflict.

The importance of this work to society, at the time that is was made, was basically propaganda. The artist used the series to tell the Catholic story of the Eucharist. He uses the series to try and promote Catholicism during the conflict between Catholics and Protestants at the time. I personally chose this painting because it caught my eye and captured my attention when I saw it. It took my breath away.