page_title: Isabella Clara Eugenia
section_title: Descalzas Reales
hierarchical_section_title: Isabella Clara Eugenia / Patronage of Arts / Descalzas Reales
context_page_description: Isabella Clara Eugenia, sometimes referred to as Clara Isabella Eugenia, was sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in 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. Isabella was one of the most powerful women in 16th and 17th century Europe.
context_section_description: Isabella joined the Secular Franciscan Order and became a nun. She was of great importance to the Convent of Las Descalzas Reales, where she lived with her mother-in-law Maria. Isabella gifted major artworks to the convent, including a famous series of Brussels tapestries. This famous cycle was designed by Rubens and depicts Isabella as patron saint Clare of Assisi with Monstrance.
caption: Portrait of Isabella Clara Eugenia as a nun, 1625
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