in the Desert, St. John in Patmos, St. John Baptist in the Desert, Escorial; Two Wandering Musicians, Louvre.
HERREYNS, WILLEM JACOBUS, born
in Antwerp, baptized June 10, 1743, died
there Aug. 10, 1827. Flemish school; history
and portrait painter, son and pupil of
Jacob Herreyns the younger, a decorative
painter, and of the Academy, where he won
prizes in 1762 and 1764; professor in
1765. After travelling in 1767, he settled
in 1771 at Mechlin, where he founded an
academy. In 1780 he was visited by Gustavus
III. of Sweden, who made him his
court-painter, and in 1781 by Joseph II. of
Austria. On the change of the Antwerp
Academy into a special school for painting,
sculpture, and architecture, in 1800, he
was again appointed professor; exercised
a favourable influence upon modern art
in Belgium. Works: Last Sigh of Christ,
four portraits (1793, 1809), Museum, Antwerp;
Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus
(1808), Cathedral, ib.; Adoration of the Magi,
Museum, Brussels; Last Supper, St. Nicholas',
ib.; Scenes in Life of St. Rumoldus (3),
Cathedral, Mechlin; Disciples at Emmaus,
St. Francis of Assisi, St. John in the Desert,
God Father, St. John's, ib.; Christ on the
Cross, Seminary, ib.; Portrait of Emperor
Joseph II., do. of a Canon, Museum, ib.—Ch.
Blanc, École flamande; Immerzeel, ii.
35; Michiels, x. 498; Rooses (Reber), 447;
Van den Branden, 1255.
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HERRING, JOHN FREDERICK, born
in Surrey in 1795,
died at Tunbridge,
Kent,
Sept. 23, 1865.
Painter of horses
and farm-yard
scenes, pupil of
A. Cooper. He
was animal-painter
to the Duchess
of Kent. Many
of his coaching and racing pictures have
been engraved and lithographed. Among
his best works are: The Baron's Charger,
Members of the Temperance Society, Returning
from Epsom, Derby Day, Market
Day, and Horse Fair; Frugal Meal (1847),
National Gallery; Group of Ducks, Deer-Stalker,
Glasgow Gallery; Horse at the
Trough, National Gallery, Dublin; Mare
and Foal (1853), W. T. Walters, Baltimore.
His son, John Frederick, paints similar
subjects.—Cat. Nat. Gal.; Art Journal
(1865), 328, 381.
HERRLEIN, JOHANN ANDREAS, born
in Würzburg in 1720, died at Fulda in 1796.
German school; landscape and genre painter,
especially of hunts, peasant frolics, and bathing
nymphs, in the style of the Dutch masters;
was court-painter to the Prince-Bishop
of Fulda. Works: Wood Landscapes with
Huntsmen and Peasants (2), Basle Museum;
Charlatan pulling Tooth, Darmstadt Museum;
Singing Toper, Zither-Player, Fruit-*pieces
(2), Boy with Basket, Cassel Gallery;
Hunters' Camp in the Woods—Night scene,
Germanic Museum, Nuremberg; others in
Städel Institute, Frankfort.
HERRLICH, PHILIPP, born at Solms-*Laubach,
Hesse, in 1818. Genre and portrait
painter, pupil of Städel Institute,
Frankfort, under Rustige; painted at first
portraits, mostly in water-colours, and afterwards
genre scenes of life and customs in
Upper Hesse. Works: Convalescent Child;
Hansel and Gretel; Playing Children; The
Stork brought It; Before Confirmation;
Preparation for School; Grandfather.
HERSENT, LOUIS, born in Paris, March
10, 1777, died there, Oct. 2, 1860. Genre,
history, and portrait painter, pupil of Regnault.
Took his first subjects from Greek
mythology, like David and Girodet, but
later also treated historical genre. After
1824 confined himself to portrait painting.
Won the 2d grand prize in 1797; L. of
Honour, 1819; Member of Institute, 1823;
professor, 1825. Works: Narcissus changed
into a Flower (1802), Cambrai Museum;
Achilles delivering Briseïs to Agamemnon's
Heralds (1804); Atala poisoning herself in
