New! St. Hubert – Patron of Hunters – Wilhelm Räuber – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality

In this picture, Hubert had been doing what he loved most, hunting, when suddenly he saw in the horns of his quarry, a great stag, the Cross of Jesus Christ. He falls to his knees, moved deep in his heart. According to legend, he says, “Lord, what wouldst Thou have me do?”

Formerly a courtesan in the court of the local king, living a life of worldly pleasures, he took up the cause of Christ. He eventually becomes a priest and then a bishop, and was known as a very holy man who inspried many to follow Jesus . He was from the wooded hills of Belgium. Born about 656, he died May 30, 727 AD. He is the patron saint of hunters and mathemeticians, and by the way, the portions of the brain that do hunting and mathematics are very close to each other.

This painting looks great in a den or man-cave. It looks gorgeous framed in wood-brown, but it also looks excellent in gold, which is how it was orgiainally framed. St. Hubert is considered one of the "manly" Saints in Chistendom.

Wilhelm Carl Rauber (1849–1926) was a popular German painter who was known mainly for his sensitive portraits and his manly outdoor scenes. This picture was done about 1913. 28"x48". Oil on canvas. It sold at auction in 2014 for a price that will make you wish you were there. It was the model for Egon Scheele’s painting of Hubert, also in our shop.

** IMPORTANT ** THE IMAGE IS SMALLER THAN THE PAPER! There is a blank border around the image. Approximately 0.5" wide for 5x7, 1.3" for 8.5x11, 1.6" for 11x14, and 1.75" for 13x17 and 16x20. For the two poster sizes, 18x24 and 24x36, we use 0.5" borders. We do this because the ratio of the rectangle of the art almost never matches the rectangle of the paper, and if it did happen to match one size, it would not match the others. Most fine art printers do this because otherwise they’d have to crop the art or warp it to make it fit the paper. The border looks good. It gives the picture a faux matted appearance.

There is almost always a little more border either on the left-right sides, or the top-bottom, depending on whether the ratio of the art is wider or taller than the paper.

We make Archival Quality fine art prints:

– Acid-free paper

– Archival pigments

– Cardboard backer for sizes 11x14 and less.

– Above story of the art

– Enclosed in a tight-fitting, crystal-clear bag.

– Rated to last 200+ years without fading if kept dry and out of the direct sun.

Thanks for your interest!

+JMJ+

Sue & John

Lincoln, Nebraska

“In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art.”

~ St. Pope John Paul II

Original image is out-of-copyright. Descriptive text and any image alterations (hence the whole new image) © by Sue Kouma Johnson – Classic Catholic Art.