On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P01645
- Author
- Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish); Wildens, Jan (Flemish)
- Title
- Rodolfo I de Habsburgo's Act of Devotion
- Chronology
- Before 1630
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 198 cm x 283 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
This work depicts an episode from
the life of Rodolfo I (1218-1291),
founder of the Hapsburg Dynasty.
While hunting with his page, Regulo
de Kyburg, Rodolfo met a priest and
a sexton who were taking the
eucharist to a dying man but found
their way blocked by a
swift-flowing river. In order to
help them cross the river, and as a
demonstration of their respect for
the Holy Sacraments, Rodolfo and
his page ceded their horses to the
two holy men.
The landscape was painted by
Wildens and the figures by Rubens.
In 1630, this work was listed in
the inventory of the property of
the First Marquis of Legan
Location on the map
