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 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.

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.