Peter and Paul (1840-44), 14 frescos, Klosterkirche, Berlin; Easter Morn, St. Matthew's, ib.; Sermon on the Mount, Fifteen Pictures from German History (1844-54).—Allgem. d. Biogr., xii. 185; Allgem. Zeitg., May 20, 1880, Beilage, 141; Brockhaus, ix. 145; Cotta's Kunstbl. (1831), 103; (1835), 42; D. Kunstbl. (1853), 40; (1854), 31; Kunst-Chronik, xv. 560; Förster, v. 72; Raczynski, i. 55, 65, 270; ii. 230.
HERMANN-LÉON, CHARLES, born at
Havre, July 22, 1838. Animal and genre
painter, pupil of Philippe Rousseau and of
Fromentin. Medals: 3d class, 1873; 2d
class, 1879. Works: Ill-gotten Gains do no
Good to the Getter, Contempt (1868); Valet
coupling Dogs, Intermission (1870); Hunting
Relay (1872); Peasants fleeing from Invasion,
Who-hoop to the Boar (1873); Legend
of St. Hubert, Fino a Fox-Terrier (1874);
Galendor and Castillo (1875); Mass of St.
Hubert, Shepherd and the Sea (1876);
Huntsman (1877); Death of Actæon (1878);
Who-hoop (1879), bought by State; Relay of
Dogs (1880); Maternity, Wolf-Hunt (1881);
Eve of Lent (1882); Coming from the Watering-Trough,
Shepherd Dog (1883); In the
Heath, Tip, A Pug-Dog (1884); Welfare
(1885).—Bellier, i. 762.
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Hermann and Thusnelda, Angelica Kauffmann, Vienna Museum.
HERMANN AND THUSNELDA, Angelica Kauffmann, Vienna Museum; canvas, H. 5 ft. 4 in. × 7 ft. 3 in. Scene from one of Klopstock's dramas on Hermann (Arminius). Hermann, having triumphed over the legions of Varus, returns, bearing the spoils of victory, to sacrifice on the altars of his fathers; Thusnelda presents him the wreath of sacred leaves, while her companions strew flowers and a priest gives thanks to Woden. Engraved by J. B. Durer; G. Kotterba.—Réveil, x. 712.
HERMANS, CHARLES, born in Brussels,
Aug. 17, 1839. Genre painter, pupil
of Brussels Academy, and in Paris of École
des Beaux Arts and of Gleyre; lived in
1862-66 in Italy, mostly at Rome. First
attracted attention in Brussels in 1875 by
his Morning Dawn in a Large City, for
which he received the Order of Leopold.
Works: On the Strand; On the Terrace;
At Dawn of Day; Monks playing Nine-Pins;
Job and his Friends (1872); Child's Hospi-
