The Vision of St. Hubert (Madrid)
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Religious |
Date | ca. 1617-ca. 1621 |
Dimensions | 63 x 100 cm |
Support | Panel |
Medium | Oil |
Collaborators | Peter Paul Rubens |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #304 Ertz 1979, #366 |
Location | Madrid, Spain |
Collection | Museo del Prado |
Accession numbers | inv. #1411 |
Tags | Resting, Deer, Horse, Rubens, Forest, New Testament, Saint |
External resources | Museo del Prado |
In his review of Díaz Padrón's 1975 collection catalogue, Hans Vlieghe said that he did not see Rubens's hand here and that the now-destroyed version once in Berlin was much better (Art Bulletin, December 1979). Others had also formerly suggested that Jan had painted the whole thing. More recently it has been consistently accepted as a genuine Rubens/Brueghel collaboration.
In the 1686 Alcázar inventory it is described thus: "...san Huberto de mano de Rubens, el país ciervo y caballos de mano de Bruxel."