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*olas (1529), S. M. del Carmine, Venice; Glory of St. Antoninus, S. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice; Madonna with Saints, Vienna Museum; Crucifixion (1531), Church of Monte S. Giusto; Holy Family (1534), Uffizi, Florence; Dead Christ, Brera, Milan; Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, Old Pinakothek, Munich; Santa Conversazione, Dresden Gallery; A Betrothal in the 15th Century, Madrid Museum. In his last years Lotto came so much under influence of Titian that some of his pictures, especially portraits, have been ascribed to that master. About 1548 his powers began to wane, and he then resolved to retire to Loreto. His pictures at San Giacomo dell' Orto, Venice (1546), at S. M. della Pace, and in the Governor's Palace, Ancona, give sad evidences of his decline.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 494; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., vii. 87, N. 2; ix. 115, 146; ed. Mil., v. 249; Burckhardt, 725; Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne; Rio, Art Chrétien, 271; Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 519; Kunst-Chronik, xix. 421; Lübke, Ital. Mal., ii. 625.


LOTZ, KARL, born in Hessen-Homburg in 1833. History and genre painter, pupil in Vienna of Rahl, whom he assisted in decorating the Greek Church, the Arsenal, and the Heinrichshof. Honorary member of Vienna Academy. Works: Scenes from Hungarian Legends, Children's Groups (fresco), Redouten Saal, Pesth; Scenes from Hungary's Civilization, National Museum, ib.—Müller, 342.


LOUBON, (CHARLES JOSEPH) ÉMILE, born at Aix, Jan. 12, 1809, died in Marseilles, March 1, 1863. Genre painter, pupil of Granet, whom he accompanied to Rome in 1829. A skilful painter, with little originality. About 1845 he went to Marseilles, became director of the School of Practical Design, and painted many successful pictures. Medal, 3d class, 1842; L. of Honour, 1855. Works: Prisoner's Communion (1833); Christ and the Samaritan Woman, Genoese at a Fountain (1840); Incident of the Cholera (1850), Montpellier Museum; Camp in South of France (1855), Aix Museum; Pass of Gineste, Mule-Driver of the Var, Soumabre Farmer's Wife (1855); Souvenir of Roman Campagna (1859); Gascony Women carrying Fish to Bayonne (1861); Autumn Afternoon (1863); Landscape in a Storm, Châlon-sur-Saône Museum; View of Marseilles, Marseilles Museum; Animal Piece, Perpignan Museum.—Bellier, i. 1060; Larousse.


LOUIS XIV. AND THE GRAND CONDÉ, Jean Léon Gérôme, W. H. Vanderbilt, New York; canvas, H. 3 ft. 1 in. × 4 ft. 6 in. Photogravure in Art Treasures of America.—Art Treas. of Amer., iii. 96.


LOUIS, HUGO, born in Berlin, Feb. 17, 1847. Genre painter, pupil of Berlin Academy under Julius Schrader, then studied for three years in Italy. Awarded in 1886 2d prize of 10,000 marks for designs of frescos for the staircase of the Berlin Town Hall. Works: Margaret's Jewels; Junius Brutus inciting the Romans against the Tarquins (1877); Portrait of an Officer (1879); In Good Humour (1882).—Illustr. Zeitg. (1883), ii. 439; Müller, 342; Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch., 251; D. Rundschau, xiii. 330; xvii. 300; xx. 459.


LOUIS, ST., GLORIFICATION OF, Alexandre Cabanel, Luxembourg Museum, Paris; canvas, H. 14 ft. 8 in. × 14 ft. 2 in. Around the monarch's throne are grouped the distinguished persons who aided him in the accomplishment of his work: the Sire de Joinville, Philippe de Beaumanoir, Pierre Fontaine, St. Thomas of Aquinas, Guillaume d'Auvergne, Bishop of Paris, Geoffroi de Boileau, Robert de Sorbonne, Sire de Nesle, Étienne Boileau, etc. Salon of 1855.


LOUSTAUNAU, LOUIS AUGUSTE GEORGES, born in Paris, Sept. 12, 1846. Genre painter, pupil of Vibert, F. Barrias, and Gérôme. His spirited and humorous pictures are painted in a strong, broad style and carefully finished. Works: That Bread was not well cut, Brother Fisherman; After