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 TIEUIIEYNS in tho Desert, St. John in Patmos, St. John Baptist in tlio Desert, Escorial ; Two Wan- dering Musicians, Louvre. HERREYNS, WILLEM JACOBUS, born in Antwerp, baptized June 10, 1743, died t litre Aug. 10, 1827. Flemish school ; his- tory and portrait painter, son and pupil of Jacob Hcrreyns the younger, a decorative painter, and of the Academy, where he won prizes in 17(12 and 17(i4 ; professor in 17G5. After travelling in 17(17, he settled in 1771 at Mechlin, where he founded an academy. In 1780 he was visited by Gus- tavus 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 (17!):}, 180!)), Museum, Ant- werp ; Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus ( 1808), Cathedral, ib. ; Adoration of the Magi, Museum, Brussels ; Last Supper, St. Nicho- las', ib. ; Scenes in Life of St. Rumoldus(3), Cathedral, Mechlin ; Disciples at Emmaus, St. Francis of Assisi, St. John in the Desert, (lod Father, St. John's, ib. ; Christ on the Cross, Seminary, ib. ; Portrait of Emperor Joseph II., do. of a Canon, Museum, ib. Ch. Blanc, Kcole iluniande ; Immerzeel, ii. 35 ; Michicls, x. 4!KS ; Rooses (Reber), 447 ; Van den Brandon, 1255. HERRING, JOHN FREDERICK, born in Surrey in 1795, died at Tun- bridge, Kent, Sept. 2:i, 1805. Painter of horses and farm -yard scenes, pupil of A. Cooper. He was animal-paint- er to the Duchess of Kent. Many of his coaching and racing pictures have been engraved and lithographed. Among his best works arc : The Baron's Charger, O ' Members of the Temperance Society, lie- turning 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 (18G5), 328, 381. HERRLEIX, JOHANN ANDREAS, born in Wiirzburg in 1720, died at Fulda in 179<>. German school ; landscape and genre painter, especially of hunts, peasant frolics, and bath- ing nymphs, in the style of the Dutch mas- ters ; was court-painter to the Prince-Bishop of Fulda. Works : Wood Landscapes with Huntsmen and Peasants (2), Basle Museum ; Charlatan pulling Tooth, Darmstadt Muse- um ; Singing Toper, Zither-Player, Fruit- pieces (2), Boy with Basket, Cassel Gallery ; Hunters' Camp in the Woods Night scene, Germanic Museum, Nuremberg ; others in Stiidel Institute, Frankfort. HKRRLICH, PHILIPP, born at Solms- Laubach, Hesse, in 1818. Genre and por- trait painter, pupil of Stiidel Institute, Frankfort, under Rustige ; painted at first portraits, mostly in water-colours, and after- wards 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, I860. Genre, history, and portrait painter, pupil of Eegn- ault. 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 Brise'is to Agamemnon's Heralds (1804) ; Atala poisoning herself in 248