he accompanied the Turkish expedition to Asia Minor, Palestine, and Persia, was made a Bey by the Sultan; visited Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia in 1847, and returned to Berlin in 1848 via Italy, France, Spain, and England. In 1855 he moved to Dresden. Works: Street in Cairo; Plain of Thebes; Street in Bagdad; View of Sidon; View on White Nile; View on Red Sea; Colossus of Memnon; Coast of Paphos in Cyprus; View on Lake Como; Canal in Venice; Acropolis at Athens; Temple of Isis on Isle of Philæ; Theatre of Taormina; Forum at Rome; Temple of Vesta; Tivoli from Neptune's Grotto; Posilippo.—Müller, 254.
HERRERA, ALONZO DE, living at Segovia
in 1579, intimate friend of El Mudo.
Spanish school. In 1590 he painted, for
the high altar of the Church of Villa-Castin,
six pictures illustrating the life of Christ,
which were ruined in 1734 by a bungling
restorer.—Cean Bermudez; Stirling, i. 290.
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HERRERA, FRANCISCO DE, el Viejo
(the elder), born
in Seville about
1576, died in
Madrid in 1656.
Spanish school;
pupil of Luis
Fernandez, but
disdaining to
imitate him,
adopted a free
bold style, and
became one of the most original and famous
artists of his time in Spain. He painted
many religious compositions, and attracted
numerous students, among whom was Velasquez,
but his temper was so violent that
he was abandoned by even his children.
Accused of coining false money, he took
refuge in the Jesuits' College, Seville, where
he painted a noble altarpiece, St. Hermengild
in Glory, now in the Seville Museum.
Philip IV. on seeing this picture granted
him a free pardon. In 1650 he settled in
Madrid. Other works: Last Judgment, S.
Bernardo, Seville; St. Peter, Cathedral, ib.;
St. Basil, Museum, ib.; Israelites gathering
Manna, Moses smiting the Rock, Marriage
at Cana, Miracle of Loaves and Fishes, Archbishop's
Palace, ib.; St. Augustine and
Church Fathers, St. Jerome and do., Montpensier
Collection, ib.; St. Basil Dictating,
Louvre; St. Matthew, Dresden Museum.
He also executed many frescos, of which but
few remain. His eldest son, called El Rubis,
was an artist of merit, but died young.—Ch.
Blanc, École espagnole; Stirling, i.
454; Viardot, 191.
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HERRERA, FRANCISCO DE, el Mozo
(the younger), born in Seville in 1622, died
in Madrid in 1685. Spanish school; son
and pupil of Francisco de Herrera, el Viejo,
from whom he ran away and went to Rome,
where he learned to paint still-life, especially
fish, so well that he was called Il
Spagnuolo degli Pesci. Returning to Seville
on the death of his father, he painted
several large altarpieces for churches. In
1660 he aided in founding the Academy at
Seville, of which Murillo was chosen president
and Herrera second or vice-president;
but, displeased at this inferior position, he
went in 1661 to Madrid, where he became
painter to Philip IV. and superintendent of
the royal works (1671). Named royal
painter to Charles II. Though possessed
of considerable mechanical facility, Herrera
did not inherit much of his father's genius;
he coloured
with some
brilliancy,
but his drawing
and his composition are alike affected.
Works: Triumph of St. Hermengild, Madrid
Museum; two landscapes, Montpensier
Gallery, Seville; Saints appearing to St.
Dominick, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Ch.
Blanc, École espagnole; Madrazo, 411;
Stirling, ii. 936; Viardot, 191.
HERRERA BARNUEVO, SEBASTIANO
DE. born in Madrid in 1619, died there in
1671. Spanish school; history painter, pupil
of A. Cano, worked especially for the
Escorial. Works: St. Barnabas, St. Jerome