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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HERKOMER, HUBERT, born at Waal,
Bavaria, May 26,
1849. Genre, landscape,
and portrait
painter; came to
America in 1851 with
his father, a wood-*carver,
but returned
in 1857 to Europe,
and settled at Southampton,
where he
entered the school
of art; in 1865 visited Munich, and in 1866
entered the South Kensington Schools under
Frederick Walker. Member of Institute of
Water Colours in 1871, A.R.A. in 1879.
Settled in 1873 at Bushey, Hertfordshire,
where, in 1881, he established an art-*school.
Revisited America in 1882, painted
many portraits in New York and Boston,
and lectured in both cities. Visited America
again in 1883 and 1885, when he opened a
studio in Boston. Elected Slade professor
of art at Oxford, as successor of John Ruskin,
