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 by Milius; Gaujean; Galvan; Maura.—Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Gaz. des B. Arts (1880), xxi. 527; Curtis, 15; Madrazo, 603.

Las Hilanderas (The Tapestry Weavers), Velasquez, Madrid Museum.

HILARIUS, painter, of Bithynia; removed in reign of Valens ( 364-379) to Athens, where he became noted as a teacher. Slain, with all his family, near Corinth, in 379, during an invasion of Goths.—Eunap, Vitæ Philos. et Soph. (ed. Boissonade), 67.

HILDEBRAND, ERNST, born at Falkenberg, Lusatia, in 1833. Genre painter, pupil in Berlin of Steffeck; spent one year in Paris, and in 1875 became professor at the Carlsruhe Art School, afterwards at the Berlin Academy, which position he resigned in 1885; first practised decorative painting, then turned to portrait, and finally to genre, painting, which he treats in a realistic manner. Medal in Vienna, 1873. Works: Mother and Child, Marguerita, Spoletina (1866); Let Little Children come unto Me; Praying Peasants; Sick Child; Kitchen in Hartz Mountains; Fervent Entreaty; Repentance; Rococo Interior in Bruchsal; Wedding Procession in Banqueting Hall of Passage in Berlin; Anxious Hour (1885); Child's Portrait, Ravené Gallery, Berlin.—Müller, 258; Leixner, Mod. K., i. 74.

HTLDEBRANDT, EDUARD, born in Dantzic, Sept. 9, 1817, died in Berlin, Oct. 25, 1868. Landscape and marine painter, pupil in Berlin of Krause, and in 1841-43, in Paris, of Isabey. Visited in 1840 Denmark, Norway, and Great Britain, in 1843-44 Brazil, in 1847-49 England, Scotland, Spain, and the Canary Islands, in 1851 Italy, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey, Greece, and the Sahara, in 1853 Switzerland, Tyrol, and Upper Italy, and in 1856 the Arctic Ocean. Went around the world in 1862-64, and brought home 400 water colours, which, when exhibited in London in 1866, attracted much attention. A selection from them, in a portfolio, was published in 1869. In 1853 he was made professor and in 1855 member of the Berlin Academy. Works: Am Bollwerk (1838); Agitated Sea with Vessels, Fishing Boats leaving the Harbour, Fishermen and Boat (1840); Agitated Sea with Boats, Fishermen's Children (1842); Two Views of Helgoland, Boy with Dog, Winter Genre Scene (1843); Tropical Rain, Tropical City on the Water (1845); St. Domingo Square in Mexico (1846); Street in Lyons (1843), Street in Rouen, Fisher-maiden on Shore, Hour of Rest, Santa Gloria, Evening in Bay of Rio Janeiro, Children on Shore, Winter Landscapes (2, 1847), Irish Peasant Cottage (1850), Ravené Gallery, Berlin; Panorama of Madeira (1848); View of Lisbon, Fort Belem, Cape Vincent, Coast of Madeira (1849); Coast by Moonlight, Moonlight on Scotch Coast, Irish Genre Scene, View of Rio Janeiro (1850); Two Views on Scotch Coast, Rio Janeiro, Near Palermo,