New York; Hon. John Sherman (1881), Chamber of Commerce, ib.; Rev. Dr. Adams (1883), Union Theological Seminary; Hon. R. C. Winthrop, U. S. Congress; Julius Hallgarten, founder of the Hallgarten Prizes (1884), National Academy, New York; Professor Edward North (1885).—Am. Art Rev. (1881), 223; Tuckerman, 321.
HUNTSMAN, SLEEPING (Chasseur endormi),
Gabriel Metsu, Sir Richard Wallace,
Hertford House, London; wood, H. 1 ft. 3
in. × 1 ft. 1 in. A tired and sleeping huntsman
in front of an inn, the host of which is
disencumbering him of part of his game; a
woman bringing a jug of beer. Formerly
in Fesch Gallery. Bought by Lord Hertford
for £3,000.—Waagen, Treasures, ii.
159.
HURLSTONE, FREDERICK YEATES,
born in London in 1800, died there, June
10, 1869. Portrait and subject painter, pupil
of Sir William Beechey, of Sir T. Lawrence,
and of Haydon, and in 1820 student
of the Royal Academy, where he won the
gold medal in 1823 for the best historical
picture. In 1835 he visited Italy, in 1841,
1851, and 1852 Spain, and in 1854 Morocco,
and the themes of his pictures were
largely drawn from those countries. During
the thirty-four years preceding his decease
he was president of the Society of
British Artists. Works: Prisoner of Chillon
(1837); Scene in St. Peter's; Enchanted
Garden of Armida; Constance and Arthur;
Venetian Page; Italian Boy with Mandolin;
Boabdil el Chico; Game of Mora; Columbus
asking Alms; Haidee roused from her
Trance by Music.—Art Journal (1869), 271.
HUSS BEFORE THE COUNCIL OF
CONSTANCE, Karl Friedrich Lessing, Städel
Gallery, Frankfort; canvas. Huss is
standing, speaking, with his left hand upon
a large book resting on a stand; at his left
sits the Pope's legate, leaning over whose
shoulder is Gerson, supposed author of Imitatio
Christi; and grouped on each side are
the Cardinal of Cambria, the Archbishop of
Prague, the Bishop of Lodi, and other ecclesiastics.
Painted in 1842. Replica, in
small, J. Longworth Collection, Cincinnati.—Art
Treasures of America, iii. 71, 73.
HUSS, MARTYRDOM OF, Karl Friedrich
Lessing, Berlin Museum; canvas, H. 11
ft. 9 in. × 18 ft. 1 in.; signed, dated 1850.
Huss, kneeling on a hill in centre, having
refused to abjure, is about to have the yellow
cap, painted with devils and inscribed
"heresiarch," placed upon his head by a
man-at-arms; near by Ziska, grasping a
staff, and the Reformer's converts—John of
Duba and John of Chlum—watch the scene
with painful sympathy; in foreground, right,
Palatine Louis of Bavaria on horseback,
accompanied by a standard-bearer, looking
back at two Italian prelates, also mounted;
at left, crowd of spectators; in background,
left, the stake and executioners with ropes
and torches. Replica, in small, J. Longworth
Collection, Cincinnati.—Art Treas. of
Amer., iii. 71, 73.
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HUTIN, CHARLES, born in Paris, July
4, 1715, died in Dresden in 1776. French
school; genre painter, pupil of François Le
Moine. Won the grand prix de Rome in
1735 with his Rebekah receiving Abraham's
Presents, and at Rome studied sculpture for
seven years under Slodz. Member of the
Academy in 1747. In 1748 went to Dresden,
where he designed most of the decorations
of the Gallery, and became director of
the Academy in 1768, and court-painter.
Works: Girl holding a
Letter (1769), Dresden
Museum; Woman lighting
a Fire, Man carrying
Wine in a Cart, Madrid Museum.—Bellier, i.
798; Larousse; Lejeune, Guide, i. 373.
HUYS, PEETER, second half of 16th
century. Flemish school; genre painter in
the realistic style of Quinten Massys; master
in 1545 of the guild at Antwerp, where
he was still living in 1571. Works: Bag-*piper
robbed by Old Woman (1571), Berlin
Museum (temporarily in Stettin Museum);
Grotesque Fantasy on Torments of Hell,
Madrid Museum.
