Huibrecht, Hubrecht, Hubertus or Hubert van den Eynde (11 October 1593 – 18 September 1662) was a Flemish sculptor.
[2] In the early 17th century, van den Eynde was one of the leading Flemish sculptors who rejected contrived Mannerist formulae in favour of greater realism.
[11] The extensive collaboration between these workshops may have been the most important factor to account for the intricate "unity of style and approaches that have made disentangling of hands particularly difficult for art historians.
He became in May 1622 a member of the Sodality of the Unmarried Men of Age ('Sodaliteit van de bejaerde jongmans'), a fraternity for bachelors established by the Jesuit order.
[5] During the 1630s, van den Eynde received more civic commissions, including for sculptural decorations on the Vierschaar (the tribunal) and the Bourse of Antwerp.
[1][7] In the early 1630s, van den Eynde executed a monumental Virgin, which stood near the Antwerp City Hall.
This sculpture used to stand in the Maagdenhuis Museum's garden, but it was later moved inside and a copy, better able to withstand harsh weather conditions, was placed outside.
[18] In 1653 he made the high altar for the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van de Goede Wil church of Duffel in collaboration with his son Norbertus.
[19] Van den Eynde's most remarkable works are his religious sculptures which he created for Antwerp's churches and, in particular, its Cathedral.
[9] The two statues used to flank a marble of Saint Michael, also a collaborative effort of Quellinus and van de Eynde, which stood over the Schermersaltaar (fencers' altar).