the Arms of Chactas (1806); Fénelon taking back a Cow to some Peasants (1810); Passage of the Bridge of Landshut by Count Lobau (1810), Versailles Museum; Las Casas taken care of by Savages when Sick (1814); Death of Dr. Bichat (1817); Louis XVI. helping the Poor in the Winter of 1788 (1817), Duke of Bordeaux in his Cradle, Versailles Museum; Daphnis and Chloe (1817); The Abdication of Gustavus Vasa (1819, destroyed in 1848); Ruth and Boaz (1822); Monks of St. Gothard helping Families robbed by Brigands (1824); Henry IV. of France (1827), Grand Trianon, Versailles.—Bellier, i. 763; Ch. Blanc, École française; Gaz. des B. Arts (1860), viii. 128; Larousse; Meyer, Gesch., 174.
HERSILIA SEPARATING ROMULUS
AND TATIUS, Guercino, Louvre; canvas,
H. 8 ft. 3 in. × 8 ft. 9 in. Hersilia, holding
the arm of Romulus, looks entreatingly at
her father, whose hand, armed with a sword,
is arrested by a Sabine; in background
Romans and Sabines fighting. Painted in
1645 for the Marquis de La Vaillière.—Villot,
Cat. Louvre.
HERST, AUGUSTE CLÉMENT
JACQUES, born at Rocroy (Ardennes), Aug.
28, 1825. Landscape painter; chiefly known
by his water-colours. L. of Honour, 1874.
Works: Storm on the Coast of Africa, Sunrise
at Rotterdam, Old Bridge in Holland
(1874); Valley of Sallanches, Forest Border
(1875); Low Tide, Spring (1876); View
near Dordrecht, La Barre—Africa (1877);
Interior of Farm-Yard, Chartres Museum.—Bellier,
i. 764.
HERTEL, ALBERT, born in Berlin,
April 19, 1843. Landscape painter, pupil
of Berlin Academy, and one of the foremost
Prussian colourists. Professor at Berlin
Academy in 1875. Works: Capri; Via
Flaminia near Rome; View of Cape Portofino;
After Storm on Coast of Genoa (1878),
Northern Coast Scene (1883), National Gallery,
Berlin; Repose in Egypt, Breslau Museum;
Ulysses and the Sirens; Heights of
Antemna; Olive Harvest in Capri; Summer
Evening by Brandenburg Gate; Genovese
Still Life (1879).—Müller, 254; Rosenberg,
Berl. Malersch., 344; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xix.
64.
HERTEL, KARL, born in Breslau, Oct.
17, 1837. Genre painter, pupil of Düsseldorf
Academy under Wilhelm Sohn; visited
the art centres of Germany, and after settling
in Düsseldorf made annual trips to
Belgium and Holland. His well-coloured
pictures show genuine feeling. Works:
Boys at Play; Departure of Landwehr; The
Two Friends; Young Germany (1874), National
Gallery, Berlin; replica, and Young
Wounded Soldier playing on Violin (1872),
Leipsic Museum; Dutch Coast Scene
(1883).
HERTERICH, HANS, born at Ansbach,
Bavaria, in 1843. Historical genre painter,
pupil of Munich Academy under Philipp
Foltz, and of Piloty; afterwards studied in
Rome, where he painted scenes from renaissance
and rococo time. Works: Ingeborg
at the Sea; Frederic with the Bitten Cheek;
Not at Home (1876).—Illustr. Zeitg. (1874),
ii. 522; (1877), ii. 465.
HERZOG, HERMANN, born in Bremen,
Nov. 15, 1832. Landscape painter, pupil of
Düsseldorf Academy under Schirmer; visited
repeatedly Norway, Switzerland, Italy,
and the Pyrenees, of which countries he has
painted numerous mountain landscapes excellent
in drawing and pleasing in colouring.
In 1869 he came to America, and settled
in Philadelphia. Works: Festival at
Unspunnen, Switzerland (1862); Norwegian
Fjord; The Wetterhorn; Twilight in the
Alps; Lauterbrunn Valley; Norwegian
Waterfall; Views in Yosemite Valley; Norwegian
Landscape, Gotha Museum.—Müller,
255.
HESS, EUGEN, born in Munich, June
25, 1824, died there, Nov. 21, 1862. Genre
painter, son and pupil of Peter Hess, and
student in Munich Academy. Travelled
with his father (1839) in Northern Germany,
Poland, and Russia. Early gained
repute by his works, and in 1849-50
