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The Vision of Saint Hubert  1620

by Jan Brueghel the Elder

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...
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Oil on panel
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Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons