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(1855); Adoration of the Magi and Shepherds (1855), Reims Museum; Saint Agnes, Education of Tobias (1859); Rest (1864), Luxembourg Museum; Sarah's Arrival at the Home of Tobias (1866); Moss-grown Rocks at Cauterets, Sea Rocks at Biarritz (1867); Calypso (1870); ceiling of the great Hall in the Palais de Justice, and of the École de Droit, mural paintings in the Throne Hall, Luxembourg Palace, etc.; Portrait of himself, Uffizi, Florence.—Appleton's Art Jour., Feb., 1870; Bellier, i. 982; Bitard, 804; Meyer, Gesch., 360, 374, 611; Larousse; L'Art (1883), i. 79; Courrier de l'Art (1882), 107, 221; Art Journal (1874), 169; Kunst-Chronik, xvii. 494.


LEHMANN, RUDOLF, born at Ottensen, near Altona, Aug. 19, 1819. Genre and portrait painter, son and pupil of Leo Lehmann, and pupil of his brother Heinrich; travelled in Germany, lived for some time in England, settled in Rome, and in 1866 removed to London. Medals: 3d class, 1843; 2d class, 1845, 1848. Works: Women of Procida in a Boat (1841), Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Spinning Woman (1842); Pilgrim Woman in the Campagna (1845); Sixtus V. blessing the Pontine Marshes (1847), Lille Museum; Carnival Scene, Sibyl, Graziella (1854); Morning in the Pontine Marshes (1860); Tasso returning to Sorrento; Roman Serenade, Collection of Prince of Wales; Foundling Hospital at Rome; Fortune-Teller, Favour of an Answer requested (1868); After the Fire (1869); Out of the World (1870); May we come in? (1871); Confessions (1872); Ave Maria (1874); Alma and her Pet Kittens (1875); After the Sitting (1876); Dolce far Niente (1881); Plaiting her Golden Hair, Roman Flower Girl (1883); Homewards (1884); Portraits of Earl of Stair, Duchess of Northumberland, Lady Herries, Lord Houghton, etc.—Meyer, Gesch., 540; Förster, v. 553; Müller, 327.


LEHNEN, JACOB, born at Hinterweiler, Rhenish Prussia, Jan. 17, 1803, died at Coblentz, Sept. 25, 1847. Still-life painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy; painted especially kitchen pieces with different kinds of vessels, also hunts and landscapes. Works: Breakfast (1830), Still Life (1831), Pantry (1854), National Gallery, Berlin; Still Life (1839), Ravené Gallery, ib.; do. (1836), Königsberg Museum.


LEHOUX, PIERRE ADRIEN PASCAL, born in Paris, Aug. 9, 1844. History painter, pupil of Cabanel. A vigorous and effective painter, who won the Salon prize on its first bestowal, 1874. Medals: 2d class, 1873; 1st class, 1874. Works: Mercury and Argus (1869); Hemon beside the Body of Antigone (1870); Bellerophon conquering the Chimera (1872), Valenciennes Museum; David and Goliath, An Oceanide (1873); St. Lawrence the Martyr (1874), Luxembourg Museum; Samson breaking his Bonds (1875); The Constellation of Boötes (1876); St. Stephen the Martyr (1877); Surprise, The Wrestlers (1878); St. John the Baptist (1879); The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (1880); The Baptist, Mars (1881); The Suicide, In Flight (1882); Shepherd choking a Lion (1883); Calvary, Baptism of Christ (1884).—Larousse.



LEIBL, WILHELM, born in Cologne, Oct. 23, 1844. Portrait and genre painter, pupil in Munich of Piloty; took Van Dyck for his model; went to Paris in 1869, where he took up genre painting; received a medal, and returned to Munich in 1870. Works: Portrait of his Father (1866), Cologne Museum; Female Portrait (1870); Lady in Old German Costume (1873); Smoking Woman; Female Head (1879), Dresden Gallery; Conversation in a Tavern, Peasant Politicians, At Church (1882), Vienna Exposition.—Zeitschr. f. b. K., xvii. 343; Müller, 328; Illustr. Zeitg. (1882), ii. 9; N. ill. Zeitg. (1882), i. 30.