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 Jan van Hellemont (1650-1719?); went early to Brussels, and there painted many pictures for churches, in which the decline of the school of Antwerp after Rubens is apparent. Works: Martyrdom of St. Barbara, St. Mary Magdalen's, Brussels; Triumph of David, St. Michael's, ib.; Elijah sacrificing before the Priests of Baal, Carmelites, ib.; Christ on the Cross, Ghent Museum; Peasants at Cards, Male Portrait (1724), Darmstadt Museum; Dentist in his Office, Augsburg Gallery; Priest distributing Bread and Wine, Modena Gallery.—Descamps, iii. 188; Michiels, x. 403; Rooses (Reber), 440; Van den Branden, 1171.

HELLEN, KARL VON DER, born in Bremen, May 10, 1843. Landscape painter, pupil in Düsseldorf of Oswald Achenbach, then studied in Munich, and in 1864-68 in Carlsruhe under Gude, 1869 in Paris, 1870 in Rome, and in 1871 settled in Düsseldorf. Works: Wood Interior; Landscape in Black Forest; North German Landscape; Evening in Italy.—Müller, 247.

HELLQVIST, KARL GUSTAF, born in Kungsör in 1851. History painter, pupil of Stockholm Academy and of M. T. Lefebvre in Paris; received a medal for one of his first pictures; lives now in Munich. Honourable mention, Paris. Instructor at Berlin Academy, January, 1886. Works: Ebba Brahe writing on the Window-Pane; Gustavus Vasa accusing Bishop Sonnanväder of High Treason; Opprobrious Entry of Peder Sonnanväder and Master Knut into Stockholm (1870), New York Museum; Louis XI. and Tristan at Plessis-les-Tours; Death of Sten Stures; The Last Friend (1876); Ransom of Town of Visby by King Waldemar of Denmark in 1361 (1883); Snow Effect in Tyrolese Mountains, On a Bench in the Woods, Portrait of Professor Thiersch (1884); Idyl, Swedish Peasant, At the Harbor of Wolgast, June 15, 1633 (1885).—Müller, 248; Illustr. Zeitg. (1883), ii. 11; D. illustr. Zeitg., iii. 527; Zeitsch., xviii. 274; xx. 116.

HELLRATH, EMIL, born at Rees, Westphalia, in 1839. Landscape painter, pupil in Düsseldorf Academy of Oswald Achenbach, then visited Munich and Dresden; lived for some time in Amsterdam, and in 1863 settled in Munich. Works: Landscape in Rain; On Lake Chiem; Convent Pond; Landscape at Early Morning; View in Quarries near Polling; Road to Convent, Johnston sale, New York, 1876, $1,275.—Müller, 248.

HELLWEGER, FRANZ, born at St. Lorenz, Tyrol, Sept. 7, 1812, died in Innsbruck, Feb. 15, 1880. History painter, pupil of Munich Academy under Clemens Zimmermann and Heinrich Hess. In 1843 passed eight months in Rome, then returned to Munich, where he assisted Cornelius in the frescos in St. Louis' Church, and afterwards Steinle in the Cathedral of Cologne, and Schraudolph in the Cathedral of Speyer. In 1856 he settled in Innsbruck. Works: Death of Mary, and three other altarpieces, Brunneck, Tyrol; Madonna, St. Ann, Parish Church, Innsbruck; Baptism of Christ, Scapulary Festival, Flight into Egypt, Male Portraits (2), Innsbruck Museum; St. Catherine, Fathers of the Church, Ischl, Upper Austria.—Allgem. d. Biogr., xi. 699; Kunst-Chronik, xv. 371; Wurzbach, viii. 237.

HELLWIG, THEODOR, born at Halberstadt in 1815. Genre and portrait painter, pupil in Berlin of Menzel, Franz Krüger, and Magnus; paints scenes from time of Louis XIV. and XV. in the manner of Watteau, and from peasant life of his native country. Works: Rendezvous; Children at a Fountain; Serenade under the Doorway.—Müller, 248.

HELMBREKER, THEODORUS, born in Haarlem in 1624, died in Rome in 1694. Dutch school; history and genre painter, pupil of Pieter de Grebber, went to Venice, afterwards to Rome, where he was employed by Cardinal de Medici. Works: Temptation of Christ; Christ bearing the Cross; Christ before Pilate; Christ Crucified; Franciscan Monks distributing Food; Pilgrim