LEO the costume of a Roman senator ; behind the bishops, a great crowd ; and on steps of altar, guards and mace-bearers in Italian costume of ICth century. Typical of the dogma that the Pope is not amenable to any earthly tribunal. Painted in 1517, probably by pupils after Raphael's designs. Engraved by Fr. Aquila ; Aloisius Fabri. Vasari, ed. Mil., vi. 361 ; Passavaut, ii. 15G ; Miintz, 428. LEO X., Pope, portrait, Raphael, Palazzo Pitti, Florence ; wood, H. 5 ft. x 3 ft. 11 in. The Pope, dressed in a loose white robe Pope Leo X., Raphael, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. with fur-trimmed sleeves and red velvet collar and cap, sits at a table on which are an illuminated breviary and a silver bell, holding an eye-glass in his left hand ; be- hind his chair, his two nephews standing, at right, Cardinal Giulio de' Medici (Clem- ent VII), at left, Cardinal Luigi de' Eossi, his secretary. A masterpiece uf portraiture. Painted about 1517-19 ; became the prop- erty of Ottaviauo de' Medici ; was seen in Florence by Federigo II., Duke of Mantua, who, coveting it, asked Clement VTL for it. The Pope ordered it sent to Mantua, but Ottaviano substituted a copy by Andrea del Sarto (1525). This copy, which deceived even Giulio Romano, who had taken part in the execution of the original, is now in the Naples Museum, where it passes as the original. The Pitti picture was carried to Paris in 1797 ; returned in 1815. Engraved by Samuel Jesi, Marri, F. Morel, F. Liguon, Chataignier, and Landon. Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 352 ; v. 41 ; Kuglcr (Eastlako), ii. 40:!, 400 ; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, iv. PI. 91 ; Filhol, ii. PI. 107 ; Springer, 254 ; Musc'e royal, i. ; | Landon, Musi'e, xiv. PL 29 ; Passavaut, ii. 209 ; Perkins, 143. LEON, painter, known only as the paint- er of a Sappho. Pliny, xxxv. 40 [141J. LEON Y ESCOSURA, IGNACIO, born at Orviedo, Spain; con- temporary. Genre painter, pupil in Paris of Gi'rc'ime ; paints interiors and garden scenes with historical persons of 17th or 18th centuries. Orders of Isabella the Catholic, of Charles III. of Spain, and Christ of Portugal. Works : The Breakfast, Valk in Aranjuez, Philip TV. presenting Rubens to Velasquez (1807) ; Murillo with the Capuchins, Gallery of Philip IV. in the Prado (1808) ; Studio of Velasquez, Lucrezia Borgia in Venice (1809); The Implacable Enemies, Artist's Friends in Time of Louis XIII. (1870) ; Convalescent Prince (1872), Morgan sale, New York, 1886 ; Reception of an Ambassador ; Unex- pected Visit ; Going to the Audience ; Fight in Rue de Rivoli, Paris ; Charles V. at Ti- tian's (1882) ; End of the Game (1884), Mor- gan sale, New York, 1880. Works in Tin ited States : Arriving at the Chateau, William Astor, New York ; The Heir, W. H. Vander- ' bilt, ib. ; Gallants playing Cards, M. Gra- ham, ib. ; Convalescent Prince, T. R. But- ler, ib.; Castle of Blois, Visit, R L. Stuart,
