Genre painter, pupil of Drolling and of Picot; won the grand prix de
Rome in 1858. His colouring, at first weak and thin, has improved
from year to year. Usually paints nude figures. Medals: 3d class,
1863, 1865, and 1866; 1st class, 1878; L. of Honour, 1873; Officer,
1878. Works: Bathing Girl Asleep (1863), Colmar Museum; Chaste
Susanna (1865), _Idyl_ (1872), Naiad, Good Samaritan (1874),
Luxembourg Museum; Girl (1866); Biblis (1867), Dijon Museum; Woman
Dressing, Woman Reclining (1869), Mulhouse Museum; Little Writer
(1869); Alsatian Woman (1870); Magdalen in the Desert (1874); Dead
Christ (1876); John the Baptist, Evening (1877); Christ at the Tomb,
Eclogue (1879); The Fountain, Sleep (1880); The Spring, St. Jerome
(1881); Bara (1882); Woman Reading, Nun (1883); Christ Entombed,
Weeping Nymph (1884); Madeleine (1885); Sleeping Nymph, Repose,
La Source (1881), Fabiola (1885), Mrs. M. J. Morgan Collection,
New York; Nymph, W. T. Walters, Baltimore; _Andromeda_, Mme.
Raffalovitch, Paris.--Gaz. des B. Arts (1869), i. 495; Larousse;
Claretie, Peintres (1884), ii. 81.
HENNESSEY, WILLIAM J., born in Thomastown, Ireland, in 1839.
Landscape and genre painter; went to New York in 1849, pupil in
1856 of National Academy; became an A.N.A. in 1862, and N.A. in
1863; removed in 1870 to London, but resides the greater part of the
year in Normandy. Works: In Memoriam; Wanderers; On the Sands; New
England Hills; Summer Sea; Les Bons Amis; Gypsy Flower-Girl; New
England Barberry Pickers; Indian Summer; Notre Dame des Flôts (1877);
Fête-Day in Cider Orchard in Normandy (1878); Waiting for the Boats,
Gloire de Dijon, Normandy Pippin, Aftermath, Sunbeam (1879); Visit
to the Peacock, Evening at Calvados, Spring Fantasy, In a Normandy
Cider Orchard (1880); Straw Harvest in Calvados, Jocund Spring, An
Impressionist at Work (1881); Spring in Calvados, Winter in Calvados,
En Fête--Calvados (1882); Pastoral, With the Birds (1883); ’Twixt Day
and Night (1884); Return from School, The Flowers of May (1885).
HENNIG, GUSTAV ADOLF, born in Dresden in 1798, died in Leipsic, Jan.
15, 1869. History painter, pupil of Leipsic Academy, then studied in
Rome; after his return became professor, later director, of Leipsic
Academy, and in 1840 professor at Dresden Academy. Works: Christ
driving out the Money-Changers; Finding of Moses (1848), Dresden
Museum; Annunciation, Saltarello Dance, Leipsic Museum.--Kunstbl.
(1853), 49; Christl. Kunstbl. (1870), 12.
HENNING, ADOLF, born in Berlin in 1809. History and portrait painter,
pupil of Berlin Academy and of Wach; in 1833 went to Italy for
several years. Member of and professor at Berlin Academy. Works:
Portrait of Himself (1826); Girl of Frascati (1838), National
Gallery, Berlin; Funeral in the Campagna; Portrait Group of Count
Raczynski’s Family; Portrait of Sculptor Rauch; St. Luke and St.
John, Chapel of Royal Palace, Berlin; Colossal Figures of Eight
Prussian Provinces, Royal Palace, Berlin; Thetis and Achilles;
Ulysses and Leucothea; Diana and Iphigenia; Æneas and Anchises; Ajax
Enraged; Romulus Ploughing.--Müller, 250; Kugler, Kleine Schriften,
iii. 175; Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch., 33.
HENNINGS, FRIEDRICH, born in Bremen in 1838. Landscape painter, pupil
in Düsseldorf of Oswald Achenbach; perfected himself by repeated
journeys to Italy. Among his German and North Italian landscapes,
those by moonlight are the most successful. Has recently exhibited
garden scenes with figures mostly in rococo-costume. Works: Landscape
with Gypsies (1864); Malsen on Lake Garda (1865); Evening in Garden
of Villa San Lissandro; Nuremberg at Moonrise; Salzburg by Moonlight
(1869); View of Passau; Venice; Avenue near Nymphenburg; Avenue at
Wilhelmshöhe; Park with rococo-figures.--Müller, 250.
HENNINGSEN, ERIK, born in Copenhagen, Aug. 29, 1855. Genre painter,
pupil of Copenhagen Academy; visited Paris in 1880, and travelled
for two years in Germany. Works: Dilettante on the Violoncello
(1879); Cake-Woman, Old Bachelor Shopping (1880); Morning in
Address-Agency’s Yard (1881); Confirmation (1882); Dirty Apprentice,
Guard mounting at Amalienborg (1883).--Sigurd Müller, 156.
HENNINGSEN, FRANTS, born in Copenhagen, June 22, 1850. Genre and
portrait painter, brother of preceding, pupil of Copenhagen Academy,
and in Paris of Bonnat; visited Spain, where, especially in Madrid in
1878, he studied popular types. Works: On a Pedestrian Trip (1877);
Pond in Zealand (1878); Ploughing in October (1880); Hay Harvest,
Huntsman with Horse and Dog, On the Highway (1881); The Old Story
(1882); Burial, In Front of a Smithy (1883).--Sigurd Müller, 160.
HENRI IV., ENTRY OF, François _Gérard_, Versailles Museum; canvas, H.
16 ft. 9 in. × 31 ft. 5 in.; signed. In centre, Luillier, provost of
the merchants of Paris, advances at the head of a group of municipal
officers to present the keys of the city to the king, near whom
are, on left, Crillon, De Retz, Montmorency, and Brissac, and on
right, Biron, Sully bearing the king’s casque, and Bellegarde, all
on horseback; farther to right, Maréchal de Matignon, sword in hand;
in a balcony, Gabrielle d’Estrées. Collection of Charles X., Salon,
1817. Repetition, reduced, in Louvre. Engraved by Toschi.--Larousse,
ix. 186.
By _Rubens_, Uffizi, Florence; canvas, figures more than life-size.
The king, crowned with laurel, and mounted on a Roman chariot, is
making a triumphal entry into Paris after the Battle of Ivry. In this
picture Rubens has availed himself of several parts of Mantegna’s
Triumph of _Cæsar_ at Hampton Court. Brought from Palazzo Pitti in
1773. Sketch in Earl Darnley’s Collection, Cobham Hall.--Waagen,
Treasures, iii. 23; Cat. Louvre, Rubens, 231.
HENRI IV. AT IVRY, _Rubens_, Uffizi, Florence; canvas, figures more
than life-size. The king, mounted, in the centre of the composition,
followed by many knights, who are engaged with the enemy. This and
the preceding picture were painted about 1630 by order of Maria de’
Medici, as part of a series illustrative of the history of Henri IV.,
for her palace of the Luxembourg. Transported from Palazzo Pitti in
1773.--Cat. Louvre, Rubens, 231.
[Illustration: Henry IV. and the Spanish Ambassador, Dominiue Ingres,
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Paris.]
HENRI IV. AND THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR, Richard Parkes _Bonington_, Sir
Richard Wallace, Hertford House, London; canvas, H. 1 ft. 4 in. × 1
ft. 7 in. The King, on all fours, romping with his three children,
one of whom is astride his back, turns his head to greet the Spanish
ambassador, who enters at right through a door from which the
portière is drawn back by a page; in background, the Queen, seated.
San Donato sale (1870), £3,320.
By Dominique _Ingres_, Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Paris; canvas,
H. 1 ft. 3 in. × 1 ft. 7 in. The King and his children at right, the
Spanish ambassador at left near an open door; in background, the
Queen, seated; at right, a maid, standing. Painted in 1817, for Duc
de Blacas; Salon, 1824. According to Ch. Blanc, Ingres painted this
subject again in 1828.--Larousse, ix. 187; Landon, Musée, Salon of
(1824,) i. 34.
HENRIET, FRÉDÉRIC, born in Château-Thierry, Sept. 6, 1826. Landscape
painter; was educated a lawyer, and took up painting after being
secretary to Count Nieuwerkerke, inspector of the Louvre. Author of
“Le Paysagiste aux Champs” (Paris, 1866; 2d edition, 1876); “Daubigny
and his Engravings” (Paris, 1875); “Chintreuil, sa Vie et son Œuvre”
(Paris, 1874). Knight of the Spanish Order of Isabella. Works: Hamlet
of Montgoin (1867), Château-Thierry Museum; The Marne at Tancrou
(1868), Vire Museum; Islands of Mary-sur-Marne (1869), Laon Museum;
Shore Road at Mézy (1879); Evening at Révin (1880); The Meuse (1881);
The Way to School (1882); Gothic Doorway at Armentières, Tower of
Guinette (1883); View at Mézy (1884); Ruins of Mill in the Ardennes
(1885).--Bellier, i. 176.
HENRIETTA MARIA, QUEEN, portrait, Anton van _Dyck_, Windsor Castle.
The Queen seated, with infant Duke of York in her arms, Prince
Charles standing by her side, and three small dogs at her feet; in
background, a curtain, and in distance, Westminster Hall. Engraved
by R. Strange. Other portraits of the Queen at Windsor Castle, in
collections of Earl of Clarendon, Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl of
Portarlington, Earl of Radnor, in Ambrosian Library at Milan, and
elsewhere.--Head, 64; Klass. der Malerci, Pl. 16.
HENRY, EDWARD L., born in Charleston, S. C., Jan. 12, 1841. Genre
painter, pupil of the Philadelphia Academy, and of Gleyre in
Paris. In 1860–63 lived in Paris, Rome, and Florence; sketched on
the James River during the Civil War; revisited Europe in 1871,
1875, and 1882, when he sketched in France and England. Elected
N.A. in 1869. Studio in New York. Works: Old Clock on the Stairs
(1868); City Point--Grant’s Headquarters (1869), Union League Club,
New York; Battle of Germantown, Wm. Astor, ib.; Declaration of
Independence, Cloister, J. W. Drexel, ib.; Off for the Races (1878),
Fairman Rogers, Philadelphia; Reception to Lafayette, Samuel Chew,
Germantown; Waiting for the Bathers (1879); Mountain Stage (1880);
Lovers of Ceramic Art, Railway Station (1881); In Sight of Home
(1882); Uninvited Guests (1883); Waiting for the Answer (1884).
HENSEL, WILHELM, born at Trebbin, Brandenburg, July 6, 1794, died in
Berlin, Nov. 26, 1861. History and portrait painter, pupil of Berlin
Academy; in 1813 joined the army as volunteer, and during the war
went twice to Paris, where he studied the art treasures; in 1825
went to Rome, returned in 1828, became court-painter, and in 1831
member of and professor at Berlin Academy. Works: Christ on Mount
of Olives (1812); Christ and Woman of Samaria (1825); Farewell of
Vittoria Caldoni; Christ before Pilate, Garnisonskirche, Berlin; Good
Samaritan, Royal Palace, ib.; Christ in the Desert; Miriam preceding
Israel (1839), Queen of England; Christ meditating on his Mission,
Bridgewater Gallery, London; Emperor Wenceslaus; Italian Peasants at
an Antique Well; Duke of Brunswick at the Ball in Brussels in 1815;
Portraits of Frederic William IV., Mendelssohn, Prince of Wales,
and of nearly 1,000 famous contemporaries.--Art Journal (1862), 25;
Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch., 78.
HER, THEODOR, born at Roth near Leutkirch, Würtemberg, July 30, 1838.
Landscape painter, pupil of Stuttgart Art School under Neher; in 1868
went to Paris, where he studied after Titian, Palma Vecchio, Paolo
Veronese, and Delacroix; in 1869 pupil of Ramberg in Munich. Works:
Spring Day (1872); Evening; Landscape with Figures; Moonlight on Via
Appia, Morning on Lake Avernus (1884).--Illustr. Zeitg. (1873), i.
275.
HERBELIN, Mme. JEANNE MATHILDE (née Habert), born in Brunoy
(Seine-et-Oise), Aug. 24, 1820. Miniature painter, pupil of her
uncle, Belloc. Began by painting in oils. Painted the only miniature
ever admitted to the Luxembourg. Has visited Italy. Medals: 3d class,
1843; 2d class, 1844; 1st class, 1847, 1848, 1855. Works: Margaret
of Spain (after Velasquez); Rembrandt’s Virgin; Peasant Woman,
Burgundian Shepherdess; The Prayer; A Souvenir; Child holding a Rose;
Girl playing with a Fan (1855).
HERBERT, JOHN ROGERS, born at Maldon, Essex, Jan. 23, 1810.
History and portrait painter, pupil in London of Royal Academy;
began by painting portraits and drawing book-illustrations; first
subject picture exhibited, The Appointed Hour. After visiting
Italy, exhibited Brides of Venice (1839). His conversion to Roman
Catholicism (1840) has had a marked influence on his art. Elected
an A.R.A. in 1841, and R.A. in 1846, when he was commissioned to
paint frescos in the Houses of Parliament. Corresponding Member of
Institute of France. Works: Introduction of Christianity into Britain
(1842); Sir Thomas More and his Daughter (1844), National Gallery;
St. Gregory teaching his Chant (1845); St. John reproving Herod
(1848); Mary Magdalen (1859); Virgin Mary (1860); To Labour is to
Pray (1862); Valley of Moses (1868); Adoration of Magi (1874); David
while a Shepherd, Our Lord after Resurrection (1878); Youth of St.
John the Baptist (1879); Christmas Eve at Bethlehem (1880); Joseph
warned that Archelaus Reigns, Flight from the Sword of Herod (1881);
Justice not always Slow, Happy Valley, Appointed Hour, Esther with
Handmaidens (1882); Madonna, Captive Musician (1883); Treasures of
the Home, Ruth with the Reapers at Meal-time, Evening near Windsor,
Bend on the Thames (1884). His son and pupil Cyril Wiseman, born
in France in 1848, died in London in 1882, was an artist of the
brightest promise.--Sandby, ii. 179.
HERBST (Herbster), HANS, born in Strasburg about 1468. German
school; master in 1492 of the guild of Basle, where Hans Holbein,
the younger, painted his portrait in 1516. In 1500 painted an
altarpiece for the convent of St. Dominick. Gave up painting
after the Reformation, having scruples about ministering to
picture-worship.--Cotta’s Kunstbl. (1846), 46; W. & W., ii. 483.
HERBSTHOFFER, KARL, born at Pressburg, Hungary, April 17, 1821,
died in Paris in 1876. Genre painter, pupil of Vienna Academy under
Amerling; went afterwards to Paris, where he became naturalized, and
adopted Isabey’s style. Works: Arpád elected Duke of the Magyárs
(1842); Maskerade at Worms in 16th Century, Tasso reading to Duchess
of Ferrara (1843); Hungarian Robbers in Ambush (1843), Schwerin
Gallery; Episode during the Inquisition in Holland (1846), owned by
State; Iconoclasts (1846), Avery Sale, New York, 1870; Studio of Van
Ostade (1849); Daniel in Lions’ Den, Lady Macbeth, Episode in Thirty
Years’ War (1850); Temptation (1852); Raising of Lazarus (1855),
owned by State; Studio of Rubens (1857); Partie Carrée, Scene in St.
Bartholomew’s Night, Duel on Banks of the Seine (1859); Gunsmith,
Antechamber in Time of Louis XIII. (1863), both bought by State;
Last Resource (1865); Religious Instruction in Jewish Family (1868);
Arrest (1871); Convulsionnaires in the Cemetery, After the Pillage
(1876).--Bellier, i. 760; Kunst-Chronik, v. 189; Wurzbach, viii. 362;
Zeitschr. f. b. K., vi. 215.
HERCULANEUM, Hector _Leroux_, John G. Johnson, Philadelphia; canvas,
H. 3 ft. × 4 ft. Destruction of Herculaneum, A.D. 79, by the eruption
of Vesuvius, which is seen in background; in foreground, a group of
fugitives, mostly women, gazing on the spectacle.--Salon, 1881.
HERCULES, ancient pictures. See _Apelles_, _Artemon_, _Nearchus_,
_Panœnus_, _Parrhasius_, _Zeuxis_.
HERCULES AND ACHELOUS, _Domenichino_, Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. × 5
ft. Hercules overcomes the river-god Achelous transformed into a
bull, while his father-in-law, Œneus, king of Calydon, with one of
his followers, are spectators of the combat; meanwhile, two shepherds
watch their flocks on the banks of the river. Belonged to Cardinal
Ludovisi, nephew of Gregory XIV.; bought from him by Louis XIV.
Engraved by Duthenofer.--Villot, Cat. Louvre; Musée français, iii.
Part 1; Filhol, ii. Pl. 94; Landon, Vies, Pl. 114.
By _Guido_ Reni, Louvre; canvas, H. 8 ft. 7 in. × 6 ft. 6 in.
Hercules, covered with the lion’s skin, struggles with Achelous
and forces him to bend his body to the ground. Painted for Duke of
Mantua; bought by Charles I. of England; on his death sold to Jabach,
who transferred it to Louis XIV. Engraved by G. Rousselet.--Landon,
Musée, ii. Pl. 15; Villot, Cat. Louvre; Felsina Pittrice, ii. 23.
HERCULES, APOTHEOSIS OF, François _Lemoyne_, Toulouse Museum. Same
subject by Charles Coypel, engraved by Surugue. Arrival of Hercules
at Olympus, fresco by P. Cornelius, Glyptothek, Munich.
HERCULES AND CACUS, _Domenichino_, Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. × 5 ft.
Hercules, leaning on his club, drags the body of Cacus out of his
den; near him, a man points to Evander and Faunus, hastening to his
aid; in the background, the cattle of Hercules graze on the banks
of a stream; to the right, on a wooded hill, are ruined monuments.
Engraved by Pillement.--Villot, Cat. Louvre; Musée français; iii.
Part 1; Filhol, ii. Pl. 118; Landon, Vies, Pl. 113.
[Illustration: Death of Hercules, Guido Reni, Louvre.]
HERCULES, DEATH OF, _Guido_ Reni, Louvre; canvas, H. 8 ft. 7 in. × 6
ft. 6 in. Hercules, unable to bear the anguish caused by the poisoned
tunic of Nessus, stretches himself upon the funeral pyre which he
has himself prepared, and expires with eyes and hands raised toward
heaven. Same history as _Hercules_ and Achelous of Guido. Engraved by
G. Rousselet.--Landon, Musée, i. Pl. 41; Villot, Cat. Louvre.
HERCULES WRESTLING WITH DEATH, Sir Frederick _Leighton_, Bernhard
Samuelson, M.P., London; canvas, H. 5 ft. 6 in. × 8 ft. Subject from
the “Alcestis” of Euripides. Admetus, the friend of Apollo, married
Alcestis; when his time came for death, the Fates consented to
prolong his life if another person would die in his stead; Alcestis
offered herself, but when Death came to take his due, Hercules
struggled with and overcame him. Alcestis, pale and statue-like,
lies on a bier beneath a canopy hung from trees near the sea-shore,
which, with a vast plain under a lowering sky, is seen behind. In the
foreground, at right, Hercules struggles with the King of Terrors;
at left, a group of attendants; in front, the grave. Behind the
bier Admetus, old and hoary, sustains a damsel who is overcome with
terror. Royal Academy, 1871.--Athen. (1870), i. 203; Art Journal
(1871), 153.
HERCULES AND THE HYDRA, _Guido_ Reni, Louvre; canvas, H. 8 ft. 7 in ×
6 ft. 6 in. Hercules, armed with the club, strikes the Lernean Hydra,
which raises its head near a rock. Same history as _Hercules_ and
Achelous of Guido. Engraved by G. Rousselet.--Landon, Musée, ii. Pl.
30; Larousse, ix. 214.
[Illustration: Infant Hercules, Agostino Carracci (?), Louvre.]
HERCULES, INFANT, attributed to Annibale, but probably by Agostino
_Carracci_, Louvre; canvas, H. 6½ in. × 5½ in. The young Hercules
strangles a serpent with his left hand while holding down a second
one, which has twined about his right arm, with his knee upon his
cradle. Formerly in Orleans Gallery, but not sold in England with the
other pictures; bought in Rome for Musée Napoleon. Engraved by Ern.
Marace; Count Bizemont-Prunélé.--Villot, Cat. Louvre; Musée français,
i.; Filhol, i. Pl. 63; Landon, Musée, vi. Pl. 14.
HERCULES AND OMPHALE, Luca _Giordano_, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 7
ft. 6 in. × 9 ft. 2 in.; signed, dated 1690. Hercules, submissive to
the charms of Omphale, has dropped his club and taken up the distaff;
the two, who sit side by side, are surrounded by her companions.
Painted for Don Andrea d’Avalos, Prince of Montesarchio. In catalogue
of 1722. Engraved by C. Duflos.--Gal. Roy. de Dresden, i. Pl. 40.
By Alessandro _Turchi_, Munich Gallery; canvas, H. 5 ft. 1 in. × 7
ft. 3 in. The god, nude, seated in an antique chair, spinning; before
him, Omphale, nearly nude, her back covered with the lion’s skin,
leans one arm on the hero’s club, and glances at her companions,
three other young women, who mock Hercules, while Cupid looks on with
a pitying expression. Formerly attributed to Domenichino.
HERCULES STRANGLING THE SERPENTS, Sir Joshua _Reynolds_, Hermitage,
St. Petersburg; canvas. In the centre Hercules grasps the serpents
by the throat, while Iphicles cowers in terror beside him; on one
side rushes in Alcmena, with attendants, half clad, as if aroused
from sleep; on the other, Amphitryon, sword in hand, followed by
servants with torches; Tiresias the blind seer (head of Samuel
Johnson) stands by with uplifted hands; above, Juno looks down from
black clouds at the baffling of her vengeance. Painted in 1788 for
Catherine II. of Russia, who paid for it 1,500 guineas, and sent Sir
Joshua in addition a gold snuff-box, on which was her portrait with
cypher in diamonds. Engraved by J. Hodges, J. Walker; original sketch
in possession of Lord Arran. Lord Fitzwilliam owns a repetition of
the figure of the Hercules.--Leslie Taylor, ii. 482, 500, 516, 538;
Pulling, 83; Northcote, ii. 214; Beechey, i. 244; Art Journal (1860),
358; Notes and Queries, 4th S., ix. 333; Atkinson, Art Tour, 248.
HERCULES, TEMPLE OF, Francia _Bigio_, Uffizi, Florence; wood. The
statue of Hercules, on a pedestal, under the portico of a temple,
with soldiers, philosophers, and others grouped around it. Of his
late period. Probably part of a cassone or chest.--C. & C., Italy,
iii. 512; Ch. Blanc. École florentine; Molini, Gal. di Firenze, ii.
61; Lasinio, i. Pl. 63.
HERCULES BETWEEN VICE AND VIRTUE, Annibale _Carracci_, Naples Museum.
Scene from allegory by Prodicus, preserved by Xenophon in the
Memorabilia. Hercules, seated between two women, appears irresolute;
Virtue, chastely clad, presents a sword and points heavenward; Vice,
reclining upon a couch strewn with flowers, displays her charms and
invites him to pleasure. Engraved by N. Mignard.--Larousse, ix. 214.
By _Rubens_, Uffizi, Florence. Hercules, seated in a landscape,
with Venus on his right and Cupid embracing his knees; on his left,
Minerva, who takes him by the hand and points to arms; above, Time,
bearing emblems of life; the god, while turning his eyes toward the
goddess of pleasure, appears ready to follow Minerva.--Larousse, ix.
214.
HERCULES LED BY WISDOM, Paolo _Veronese_, Hope Collection, London;
canvas. Hercules, emblematical of strength, is led by Wisdom, and
gazes tranquilly on worldly Love, who is at his feet. From Orleans
Gallery; sold in 1793 for £300.--Cab. Crozat, ii. Pl. 24; Waagen,
Treasures, ii. 113, 498.
HERDTLE, HERMANN, born in Stuttgart, Sept. 20, 1819. Landscape and
architecture painter, pupil of Steinkopf; studied from nature in
Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland, and with Pieter
Francis Peters founded a permanent art-exhibition in Stuttgart.
Works: Palace Interior in Florence, Court-Yard in Verona, Lake
Lugano, all in Villa Rosenstein, near Stuttgart; View of Lake
Constance; View of Bregenz, Castle Friedrichshafen; Wassen on St.
Gothard; Misocco Valley; Bellinzona; Canal Grande with Rialto Bridge;
View in Villa Borghese.--Müller, 252.
HÉREAU, JULES, born in Paris, Aug. 29, 1830 (1831 ?), died June 26,
1879. Landscape painter, especially skilful in painting animals, but
his landscapes and city views are of great merit. Medals: 1865, 1868.
Works: Shepherd and the Sea (1864), Montpellier Museum; Impending
Storm (1865), Amiens Museum; Shepherd’s Song (1866), Rouen Museum;
Gathering Seaweed in Brittany, Snow-Storm in Paris (1868); The Thames
near London Bridge, The Thames at Gravesend (1873); The Meuse at
Rotterdam (1874); Mouth of the Seine, the Meuse (1879); Returning
(1880).--L’Art (1879), xviii. 24; Bellier, i. 761.
HERILLUS, painter. See _Erillus_.
HERING, GEORGE EDWARDS, born in London in 1806, died there, Dec.
18, 1879. Landscape painter, studied in Munich (1829) and in Italy,
settled in London (1841), and exhibited often at Royal Academy.
Works: Morning on Lake Lugano (1860); Amalfi (1865); Head of the
Glen (1868); Old Red Sandstone Cliffs (1869); Sunset after a Storm
(1872); Outskirts of a Wood (1873); Kildonan (1875); Woodland Waters
(1876); Tormore (1877); Loch Etive (1878); By the Lonely Tarn (1879);
Loch Etive near Taynuilt (1880).--Amer. Art Review (1880), 180; Art
Journal (1861), 73; (1880), 83.
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