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HUNTSMAN New York ; Hon. John Sherman (1881), j Chamber of Commerce, ib.; Rev. Dr. Adams (1883), Union Theological Seminary ; Hon. E. C. Wiuthrop, I). S. Congress ; Julius Hullgarten, founder of the Hallgarten Prizes (1884), National Academy, New York; Pro-, lessor Edward North (1885). Am. Art Rev. (1881), 223 ; Tuckerman, 321. HUNTSMAN, SLEEPING (Chasseur en- dormi), Gabriel Metxn, Sir Richard Wallace, Hertford House, London ; wood, H. 1 ft. 3 in. x 1 ft. 1 in. A tired and sleeping hunts- man in front of an inn, the host of which is disencumbering him of part of his game ; a woman bringing a jug of beer. Formerly in Fcseh Gallery. Bought by Lord Hert- ford for 113,000. Waagen, Treasures, ii. 159. HURLSTONE, FllEDEUICK YEATES, born in London in 1800, died there, June 10, 180'.). Portrait and subject painter, pu- pil of Sir William Beechey, of Sir T. Law- rence, and of Haydon, and in 1820 student of the Royal Academy, where he won the gold medal in 1823 for the best historical picture. In 1835 he visited Italy, in 1841, 1851, and 1852 Spain, and in 185-1 Mo- rocco, and the themes of his pictures were largely drawn from those countries. Dur- ing the thirty-four years preceding his de- cease he was president of the Society of British Artists. Works : Prisoner of Chil- lon (1837); Scene in St. Peter's ; Enchanted Garden of Armida ; Constance and Arthur ; Venetian Page ; Italian Boy with Mandolin ; Boabdil el Chico ; Game of Mora ; Colum- bus asking Alms ; Haidee roused from her Trance by Music. Art Journal (ISO!)), 271. HUSS BEFORE THE COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE, Karl Friedrich L::^i,i</, Stil- del Gallery, Frankfort ; canvas. Huss is standing, speaking, with his left hand upon a large book resting on a stand ; at his left sits the Pope's legate, leaning over whose shoulder is Gcrson, supposed author of Imi- tatio Christi ; and grouped on each side are the Cardinal of Cambria, the Archbishop of Prague, the Bishop of Lodi, and other ec- clesiastics. Painted in 1842. Replica, in small, J. Long-worth Collection, Cincinnati. Art Treasures of America, iii. 71, 73. HUSS, MARTYRDOM OF, Karl Fried- rich Lesxinij, Berlin Museum ; canvas, H. 11 ft. 9 in. x!8 ft. 1 in.; signed, dated 1850. Huss, kneeling on a hill in centre, having refused to abjure, is about to have the yel- low cap, painted with devils and inscribed "heresiarch," placed upon his head by a man-at-arms ; near by Ziska, grasping a staff, and the Reformer's converts John of Duba and John of Chlum watch the scene with painful sympathy ; in foreground, right, Palatine Louis of Bavaria on horseback, accompanied by a standard-bearer, looking back at two Italian prelates, also mounted ; at left, crowd of spectators ; in background, left, the stake and executioners with ropes and torches. Replica, in small, J. Long- worth Collection, Cincinnati. Art Treas. of Anier., iii. 71, 73. HUTIN, CHARLES, born in Paris, July 4, 1715, died in Dresden in 1770. French school ; genre painter, pupil of Francois Le Moinc. Won the grand prix de Rome in 1735 with his Rcbekah receiving Abraham's Presents, and at Rome studied sculpture for seven years under Slodz. Member of the Academy in 1747. In 1748 went to Dres- den, where he designed most of the decora- tions of the Gallery, and became director of the Academy in 1708, and court-painter. Works : Girl holding a ft-/ rl'n Letter (170!)), Dresden

  • Yf^L Museum ; Woman light-

' **& ing a Fire, Man carrying Wine in a Cart, Madrid Museum. Bellier, i. 798 ; Larousse ; Lejeuue, Guide, i. 373. HUYS, PEETER, second half of IGth century. Flemish school ; genre painter in the realistic style of Quinten Massys ; mas-

ter in 1545 of the guild at Antwerp, where

he was still living in 1571. Works : Bag- piper robbed by Old Woman (1571), Berlin Museum (temporarily in Stettin Museum); Grotesque Fantasy on Torments of Hell, Madrid Museum.