LEONTISCUS in France ; acquired in 1819 with the Sabine Women for 100,000 fr. Villot, Cat, Louvre ; Landon, Musee, i. PI. 27, 28. LEONTISCUS, Greek painter, Sicyonic school, about 232 B.C. According to Pliny (xxxv. 40), he painted a Singing Girl, and an Aratus with the Trophies of Victory won in the battle of that year between him and Aristippus, Tyrant of Argos. LEPANTO, ALLEGORY OF, Titian, Madrid Museum ; canvas, H. 10 ft. x 9 f t. ; lat. Medal, 3d class, 1877. Works : Pilier de Halle (18G8), Grenoble Museum ; Spring- time, Deluge (3 views, 1874) ; Fishing for Dog-Fish, Boat of Boulogne (1875) ; Calm in Bay of the Somme, Inundation of the Bercy Quay (1870) ; Broken Boat, Tempest (1877) ; Departure at High Tide, Eeturn at Low Tide (1878) ; Scotch Herring Fishery, Virgin of Grosfliers in Berck (1879) ; Ice- Gorge on the Loire, Returning (1880) ; ()u the Watch, Beach at Berck (1881) ; do., fcrv-T : . . " I > / - '** --7 ., I 5& !' ! Jr -' i '" - - ' . . " ,^ Leonidas at Thermopylae, Jacques Louis David, Louvre, Pari signed. Philip II., in armour, stands at an altar holding aloft a naked babe, his son the Infante Don Fernando (born two months after Lepauto), who stretches his hands towards the Angel of Victory bearing a crown and palm ; at foot of altar kneels a half-naked Turk, with arms bound, and a kettle-drum, flag, and the crescent and star of the Ottomans at his feet. Painted about 1574 for Philip II. of Spain. C. & C., Titian, ii. 396. LEPIC, LUDOVIC NAPOLEON, Vi- comte, born in Paris, Dec. 17, 1839. Marine painter, pupil of Cabauel, Wappers, and Ver- [ Amiens Museum ; Calm Sea at Boulogne, Fog in Arctic Ocean (1882) ; Inundation of the Seine, Departure of Fishing Boats ' (1883) ; Phantom Ship, Battle of Onessant in 1778 (1884) ; Return of the Pilot, Ready to put About (1885). Bellier, i. 1012. LEPICIE, NICOLAS BERNARD, born in Paris, June 16, 1735, died there, Sept. 14, 1784. French school ; history and genre painter, pupil of Carle van Loo ; became painter to the king and professor in the Academy. His style was formal and correct; his works, admired in their day, were en- graved by Levasseur and others. Works : I',.-,
