- ber of Rotterdam Academy. Since 1865
he has painted all the figures in his genre scenes in the costume of the times of Louis XIV. and XV. Works: Gypsies before Bailiff (1861); Last Rendezvous; The Petti-*fogger; Noblesse Oblige; On the Old Field of Battle; Visit of the Bride (1865); Repose during Flight in Time of Louis XIV. (1866); First Criticism (1868); Return Home (1870); Tartuffe and Elmire (1872); Draught on Horseback (1873); Baptism of Posthumous Son (1875), National Gallery, Berlin; Son's Last Greeting (1878); Before Departure (1880); Young Lady at Balustrade of Garden-Stairs in Moonlight, Schwerin Gallery.—Müller, 262; Leixner, Mod. K., i. 93; ii. 70; Zeitsch., xii. (Mittheilungen, v. 6); D. Rundschau, ix. 326; xvii. 312.
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HOFF, KONRAD, born in Schwerin, Nov. 19, 1816, died in Munich, Feb. 18, 1883. Architecture painter, pupil of Dresden and Munich Academies; travelled extensively in Germany and later in North Italy. His architectural views and interiors are distinguished for poetic conception and brilliant colouring. Works: Rococo Chamber, View in Church of Our Lady—Munich, Renaissance Chamber with Lady Writing (1860); Sacristy (1861); Interior of Old House in Neuburg; Staircase in Castle Schleissheim (1862); Hall of Country Mansion, Room of a Cardinal (1863), Schwerin Gallery; Morning after Banquet; Interior of St. Zeno's—Verona, Santa Maria dei Miracoli in Venice (1864); Basilica on Isle of Torcello (1865); Scuola di San Rocco in Venice, Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, Bedroom of Charles VII. in Schleissheim (1867); Ancestral Hall in Schleissheim; Last Meeting; Canal Grande; Riva degli Schiavoni; Doge's Palace.—Kunst-Chronik, xviii. 368; Müller, 262.
HOFFMANN, JOSEF, born in Cologne,
Oct. 28, 1764, died there, March 6, 1812.
German school; history painter, son of and
first instructed by Valentin Hoffmann (a
painter of Mentz, who had settled at Cologne
before 1764), then pupil of Düsseldorf Academy
under Krahe and Langer; won the
first prize for decorative painting, then
twice (1800-1801) the Goethe prize in Weimar,
and another in 1805; visited Paris in
1797. Works: Ulysses and Diomed surprising
Camp of the Trojans (1800); Achilles
at Court of Lycomedes (1801); Hercules
cleaning Stables of Augeas (1805); Diana
with Hunting Suite, Ceiling in Audience
Chamber, Weimar (sketch of this in Cologne
Museum); Ceiling in Choir of St. Martin's,
Düsseldorf (1793-94).—Mercure du Départment
de la Roër (1812), 151-60; Merlo,
182.
HOFFMANN, JOSEF, born in Vienna,
July 22, 1831. Landscape painter, pupil
of Rahl; went in 1856 to Venice and in
1857 to Greece. From 1858 to 1864 he
lived in Rome, perfecting himself by study
and intercourse with masters of the German
school. Member of Vienna Academy since
1867. Works: Remains of Sanctuary of
Venus; Anacreon's Grave (1865); Athens
in Time of Pericles; Athens from Gardens
of the Queen; Sabine Mountains near Olevano;
Eight Landscapes, Palace Epstein,
Vienna; Drama; Idyl and Tragedy; Five
Views of Ancient Athens (1876), Palace
Sina, Vienna; Decorations to Magic Flute,
Freischütz, and Romeo and Juliet (1866),
Vienna Opera House; Four Joys of Life,
Kursalon, Vienna; Burning of Ringtheatre
in Vienna (1881); The Hour of Death on
Golgotha (1882); Cycle of Landscapes illustrating
the Geological Epochs (1884), Museum
of Natural History, Vienna; View of
Helgoland (1885).—Allgem. K. Ch., ix. 434;
Kunst-Chronik, xvii. 259, 467; xx. 636;
Müller, 262; Wurzbach, ix. 174; Zeitschr.
f. b. K., ix. (Mittheilungen, ii. 47).
HOFFMANN-FALLERSLEBEN,
FRANZ, born in Weimar, May 19, 1855.
