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Workshop of the Master of the Life of the Virgin: 'The Mass of Saint Hubert: Right Hand Shutter'

The Mass of Saint Hubert: Right Hand Shutter

probably 1485-90, Workshop of the Master of the Life of the Virgin

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This painting is part of the group: Two Shutters from the Werden Altarpiece
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Saint Hubert (about 656 - 727) was first Bishop of Liège. The painting shows an angel appearing with a stole for him during his consecration as bishop. Behind him is a deacon with the saint's mitre and crozier. On the altar is a gilded altarpiece showing God the Father flanked by Saints Peter and Paul. The dog in the foreground was probably included because Saint Hubert was regarded as a protector against rabies.

With the 'The Conversion of Saint Hubert' this painting by a Cologne artist was one of the inside shutters of an altarpiece from the Benedictine abbey at Werden, near Essen. The outside shutters, depicting various saints are also in the Collection.

Other paintings in this group: Two Shutters from the Werden Altarpiece

Saints Jerome, Bernard (?), Giles and Benedict (?)
Saints Jerome, Bernard (?), Giles and Benedict (?) from Two Shutters from the Werden Altarpiece
Workshop of the Master of the Life of the Virgin
probably 1485-90
Saints Jerome, Bernard (?), Giles and Benedict (?)
Saints Augustine, Hubert, Ludger (?) and Gereon (?)
Saints Augustine, Hubert, Ludger (?) and Gereon (?) from Two Shutters from the Werden Altarpiece
Workshop of the Master of the Life of the Virgin
probably 1485-90
Saints Augustine, Hubert, Ludger (?) and Gereon (?)
The Conversion of Saint Hubert: Left Hand Shutter
The Conversion of Saint Hubert: Left Hand Shutter from Two Shutters from the Werden Altarpiece
Workshop of the Master of the Life of the Virgin
probably 1485-90
The Conversion of Saint Hubert: Left Hand Shutter

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