Title: Dream of Pope Sergius

Artist: Rogier van der

Title: The Dream of Pope Sergius Date: 1440s Artist: Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden Artist Details: Netherlandish, 1399/1400–1464 Medium: Oil on panel Description The attention to detail and clarity of line in this painting recall Rogier van der Weyden’s remarkable illusionistic style. The panel depicts the early life of Saint Hubert, who was visiting Rome when Saint Lambert, bishop of Maastricht, was killed (about A.D. 708). An angel tells the sleeping Pope Sergius of Lambert’s murder and, presenting him with the bishop’s miter and crozier, instructs the pope to name the pilgrim Hubert as Lambert’s successor.