On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P01411
- Author
- Brueghel “the Elder”, Jan (Flemish), Reubens, Peter Paul (Flemish)
- Title
- Saint Hubert's Vision
- Chronology
- 1615-1630
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 63 cm x 100 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
Legend has it that Saint Hubert
encountered a magnificent buck
while hunting. When he tried to
kill the animal, he saw a cross
appear between the animal's
antlers. That is when he took the
Christian faith. This story is
identical to that of the conversion
of Saint Eustace, with whom this
painting has been related at
times.
Saint Hubert lived in Liege, in the
Low Countries, and his conversion
was more broadly represented by
Flemish painters, often as a
pretext for the depiction of a
magnificent landscape, as is
offered by Brueghel here.
This work is the result of the
friendship and artistic
collaboration of Brueghel with
Rubens, who painted the figure of
the saint.
This work belonged to the Marquis
of Leganés, who gave it to Felipe
IV in 1655.
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