received by Cybele, Museum, Vienna; Allegory, Liechtenstein Gallery, ib.; Portrait of Himself, Uffizi, Florence; others in Augsburg Gallery.—Ch. Blanc, École hollandaise; Fétis, Les Artistes belges à l'étranger, i. 167; Michiels, x. 184; Immerzeel, ii. 150; Kramm, iii. 932; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 320; Riegel, Beiträge, ii. 307.
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LAIS CORINTHIACA, Hans Holbein, the younger, Basle Museum; wood, H. 1 ft. 2 in. × 10 in.; inscribed Lais Corinthiaca, 1526. Portrait of a young woman, Dorothea Offenburg, half-length, elegantly clad, as Lais. From Auerbach Collection. Engraved by Frederic Weber. The same lady figures also as Venus in another picture by Holbein in the Basle Museum.—Woltmann, Holbein, ii. 100; Mantz, Holbein, 188.
LAKE GEORGE, John Frederick Kensett,
Morris K. Jesup, New York; canvas,
H. 4 ft. × 6 ft. At right, an open foreground
of rocks, with a fallen tree; in background,
high hills; and between, the placid lake,
with wooded islands and steep forest-clad
headlands.—Philadelphia Exhibition, 1876.
L'ALLEMAND, FRITZ, born at Hanau
in 1812, died in Vienna, Sept. 20, 1866.
Battle and military genre painter, pupil of
the Vienna Academy. Attracted general attention
in 1840 by an episode from the Spanish
guerilla-war, and was encouraged by numerous
orders from the court and the nobility
to treat the same class of subjects. Was
appointed professor at the Vienna Academy
before 1865. Works: Skirmish near Znaim;
Scenes from Radetzky's Campaign in 1849;
Archduke Charles at Stockach; Skirmishes
near Oberselk; Oeversee and Veile in 1864;
Banquet at Schönbrunn; Banquet of Representatives
of the Army in Schönbrunn Park.—Allgem.
d. Biogr., xvii. 530; Kunst-Chronik,
i. 142; Wurzbach, xiv. 13.
L'ALLEMAND, SIGMUND, born in Vienna,
March 8, 1840. Battle and genre
painter, nephew and pupil of Fritz, and
scholar of Vienna Academy under Ruben;
exhibited his first important works in 1864,
after the Schleswig-Holstein campaign, in
which he had taken part. He also followed
the Austrian army to Italy in 1866. Medals:
Paris, 2d class, 1867, 1878. Member
of Vienna Academy. Works: Storming of
the Königsberg, Battle at Oeversee (1864);
Victory of the Austrians at Kollin (1867);
Battle of Caldiero; Scenes from Italian
Campaign of 1859; Battle of Custozza in
1866; Mute Cry for Help; Equestrian Portrait
of General Laudon (1878); Victory at
Martinestie in 1789 (1879).—Müller, 9;
Wurzbach, xiv. 15.
LAMBDIN, GEORGE COCHRAN, born
at Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1830. Portrait, genre,
and flower painter, studied with his father,
J. R. Lambdin, portrait painter, and then
in Munich and Paris. Professional life
spent in Philadelphia, with the exception of
two years (1868-70) in New York. Elected
N.A. in 1868. Works: Our Sweetest Songs
are those which tell of Saddest Thoughts
(1858); Dead Wife (1867); Twilight Reverie;
Happy Mornings of Life and of May, Mrs.
Joseph Harrison, Philadelphia; Ask me no
more; Little Knitter; June Roses (1880);
Willow Seat (1881); La Pactole and La
France, Roses (1882); As Far as Angels
Ken, Viva (1884); Pink and Yellow Roses
(1885); Hesperus (1886).—Tuckerman,
450.
LAMBERT, GEORGE, born in Kent in
1710, died in London, Nov. 30, 1765. Pupil
of William Hassel and of John Wooton;
painted landscapes chiefly, after the manner
of Gaspar Poussin. Some of his figures are
attributed to Hogarth, of whom he was a
convivial friend. Lambert was first president
of the Society of Artists, and founder
of the Beefsteak Club. With Scott, painted
six large pictures of Eastern settlements
that were in the India House.—Redgrave;
Taylor, Fine Arts, ii. 94.
