IIKIJ.F.X Jan van Hellemont (1050-1710 ?); went early to Brussels, mill there painted many pict- ures for churches, in which the decline of the school of Antwerp after Rubens is ap- parent. Works: Martyrdom of St. Bar- bara, St. Mary Magdalen's, Brussels ; Tri- umph of David, St. Michael's, il>. ; Elijah sacrificing before the Priests of Baal, Car- melites, ib. ; Christ on the Cross, (ilicnt Museum ; Peasants at Cards, Male Portrait (1724), Darmstadt Museum ; Dentist in his Office, Augsburg Gallery ; Priest distribut- ing Bread and Wine, Modena Gallery. - Descamps, iii. 1K8 ; Michiels, x. 40:! ; Rooses (Ileber), 440; Van den Brandon, 1171. HELLEN, KAKL VON DER, born in Bremen, May 10, 1843. Landscape painter, pupil in Dilsseldorf of Oswald Achenboch, then studied in Munich, and in 18G4-08 in Carlsruho under Gude, ISO!) in Paris, 1S70 in Rome, and in 1871 settled in Diis- seldorf. Works : Wood Interior ; Land- scape in Black Forest; North German Landscape ; Evening in Italy. Midler, 247. HELLC^VIST, KARL GUST AF, born in Kungsor in 1851. History painter, pupil of Stockholm Academy and of M. T. Le- febvre in Paris ; received a medal for one of his first pictures ; lives now in Munich. Honourable mention, Paris. Instructor at Berlin Academy, January, 1880. Works : Ebba Brahe writing on the Window-Pane ; Gustavus Vasa accusing Bishop Sonnanviider of High Treason ; Opprobrious Entry of Peder Sonnanviider and Master Knut into Stock- holm (1870), New York Museum ; Louis XI. and Tristan at Plcssis-les-Tours ; Death of Sten Stures ; The Last Friend (1871!); Ran- som of Town of Visby by King Waldemar of Denmark in 1301 (1883); Snow Effect in Tyroleso Mountains, On a Bench in the Woods, Portrait of Professor Thiersch (1884); Idyl, Swedish Peasant, At the Har- bor of Wolgast, June 15, 1633 (1885). Muller, 248; Illustr. Zeitg. (1883), ii. 11; D. illustr. Zeitg., iii. 527 ; Zeitsch., xviii. 274 ; xx. 116. HELLRATH, EMIL, born at Rees, West- phalia, in 18;i!>. landscape painter, pupil in Diisseldorf Academy of Oswald Achen- bach, then visited Munich and Dresden ; lived for some lime in Amsterdam, and in lS(i:{ settled in Munich. Works: Lmd- scape in Rain ; On Lake Chiem ; Convent Pond ; Landscape at Early Morning ; View in (Quarries near Polling ; Road to Convent, Johnston sale, New York, lS7(i, Si, 275. Mfiller, -248. HELLWEGKR, FRAN/, liorn at St. Lo- renx, Tyrol, Sc]>t. 7, ISl'J, died in Innsbruck. Feb. 15, isso. History painter, ]>ii]iil of Munich Academy under Clemens Zimmer- maiin and Heiurich Hess. In LSI.'! passed eight months in Rome, then returned to Munich, where he assisted Cornelius in the frescos in St. Louis' Church, and afterwards Steinle in the Cathedral of Cologne, and Schraudolph in the Cathedral of Spever. In 185(5 he settled in Innsbruck. Works: Death of Mary, and three oilier altarpieces, Brunneck, Tyrol ; Madonna, St. Ann, I'ari.sh Church, Innsbruck ; Baptism of Christ, Scap- ulary Festival, Flight into Egypt, .Male Por- traits (-), Innsbruck Museum ; St. Cather- ine, Fathers of the Church, Ischl, Upper Austria. Allgem. d. Biogr., xi. <!!('.) ; Kimst- Chronik, xv. 1571 ; Wurzbach, viii. 2:i7. HKLLWIG, THEODOK, born at Jlalber- stadt in 1815. Genre and portrait painter, pupil in Berlin of Men/el, Fran/. Kniger, and Magnus ; paints scenes from time of Louis XIV. and XV. in the manner of Wat- teau, and from peasant life of his native country. Works: Rendezvous; Children at a Fountain ; Serenade under the Door- way. Muller, -218. HELMBREKER, THEODOKUS, born in Haarlem in 1G'24, died in Rome in 1<!!)4. Dutch school ; history and genre painter, pupil of Pieter de Grebber, went to Venice, afterwards to Rome, where he was employed by Cardinal de Medici. Works : Tempta- tion of Christ ; Christ bearing the Cross ; Christ before Pilate ; Christ Crucified ; Fran- ciscan Monks distributing Food ; Pilgrim 231
