pupil, Eduard Alexander (born at Amsterdam, May 12, 1846), paints landscapes and city views.—Immerzeel, ii. 40; Müller, 259.
HINCKLEY, THOMAS HEWES, born in
Milton, Mass., in 1813. Animal painter,
pupil during one winter of an evening school
in Philadelphia, where he was taught perspective
by Mason. Painted portraits and
landscapes in Boston until 1843, when he
turned his attention to animal painting.
Visited Europe in 1851 to study Landseer
in England, and the Flemish painters. His
pictures are in many private collections in
the United States; he rarely exhibits.
HIPPOCENTAUR, picture. See Zeuxis.
HIPPYS (Hippeus), painter, date unknown.
Pliny (xxxv. 40 [138]) mentions
his picture of Neptune and Victory, and
Athenæus (xi. p. 474 D.) that of the Wedding
of Peirithoüs.
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HIRE (Hyre), LAURENT DE LA, born
in Paris, Feb.
27, 1606, died
there, Dec. 29,
1656. French
school; history
painter, son and
pupil of Etienne
de la H., then
of Lallemand
at Fontainebleau,
where he
studied also the works of that school.
Painted many finely-executed pictures, some
of which have been copied in tapestry or engraved.
One of the twelve founders of the
French Academy of Painting (1648), and
professor in 1648-51. Works: Laban looking
for his Idols (1647), Madonna (1642),
Jesus appearing to Three Marys, St. Peter
healing the Sick with his Shadow (1635), A
Sketch of the preceding, Pope Nicholas V.
opening Tomb of St. Francis of Assisi (1630),
Landscapes (3), Louvre, Paris; Assumption
(in Vienna); Descent from Cross, Nativity,
Adoration of Shepherds, Education of the
Virgin, Portrait of a Nun, Rouen Museum;
Mercury and Herse, Épinal Museum; The
Trinity, Lyons Museum; Repose of Holy
Family (2), Palm Sunday, Nantes Museum;
Disciples at Emmaus, Portico with Figures,
Rennes Museum; Christ appearing to Magdalen,
The Breaking of Bread, Grenoble
Museum; Judgment of Paris, Dijon Museum;
Vision of St. Francis, Strasburg Museum;
Ruins of a Temple, Valenciennes Museum;
Finding of Moses, Landscape,
Montpellier Museum; Rebecca and Laban,
Lord Forester's Collection; Repose in
Egypt, Galton Collection; Conversion of St.
Paul (1637); Theseus seizing the Arms of
his Father Ægeus, Perseus rescuing Andromeda,
Palais Royal; Madonna, Carlsruhe
Gallery; Infancy of Bacchus, Abraham starting
for the Promised Land, Hermitage, St.
Petersburg.—Bellier, i. 881; Ch. Blanc,
École française; Lejeune, Guide, i. 161;
Larousse; Mémoires inédits, i. 104.
HIRSCHELY, KASPAR, born in Prague
about 1701, died there in 1745. German
school; landscape, animal, and still-life
painter, pupil of Angermayer; endowed
with an unusual talent for imitation, he often
finished and sold pictures, painted after his
master's sketches. Works: Flower-pieces
(2) (1741), Thistles with Birds (2), Schleissheim
Gallery; others in private collections
in Prague.—Wurzbach, ix. 53.
HIRT, WILHELM FRIEDRICH, born
in Frankfort in 1721, died there in 1772.
German school; landscape and animal
painter, son and pupil of Friedrich Christoph
Hirt (1685-1763, landscape and portrait
painter), whom he surpassed in colouring;
in 1757 became court-painter to the Duke
of Saxe-Meiningen, after whose death he
sketched extensively from nature on a tour
through Switzerland; painted cattle especially
well, and often supplied them in the
pictures of Christian Georg Schütz. Works:
Wood Landscapes (2) (1750), Landscapes
with Herds and Figures (2) (1768), Städel
Gallery, Frankfort; Landscape with Fishermen
(1754), Gotha Museum; Landscape
with Herd, Kunsthalle, Hamburg; do. (2),
Cassel Gallery; do., Mannheim Gallery.
