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 LORENZO to identify him as the painter of such nn- ' signed pictures as a Madonna, dated 1404, at Empoli ; Madonna and Saints, dated 1410, church of Monte Oliveto, Florence ; Annunciation, S. Trinita, Florence ; and Adoration of the Kings, Uffizi, Florence. C. & C., Italy, i. 551 ; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., ii. 209 ; Burckhardt, 534 ; Baldmucci, i. 314 ; Liibke, Ital. Mai, i. 1C5. LORENZO DA PAVIA. See Fasolo, Lo- renzo. LORENZO DA SAN SEVERING, born , in 1374, died in (?). Umbrian school ; ear- liest example, a much injured Marriage of St. Catherine, dated 1400, in San Severino. In 1416, with the aid of his brother Jacopo, Lorenzo decorated the oratory of S. Giovanni Battista, Urbiuo, with a Crucifixion, and in- I cidents in the Baptist's life. The figures in : these frescos are exaggerated in action, lean to excess, and ill drawn interesting chiefly as a link in Urnbriau art between the works of Ottaviano Nelli and Gentile da Fabriano. C. & C., Italy, iii. 109 ; Vasari, ed. Le ' Mon, viii. 69. LORME, ANTON DE, flourished in Rot- terdam about 1640-60. Dutch school ; ar- chitecture painter, whose rare works are masterpieces as regards lighting and per- j spective. Style of Pieter Neefs ; perhaps worked also at Delft, as Antonis Palamedesz painted accessories in several of his pictures. Works : Interior of a Church by Caudle- light, Warwick Castle ; Interior of a Church, Lord Northwick, Thirlestaiue House ; do, Berlin Museum ; do. (1649 ?), Darmstadt Museum ; do. (1642), Old Pinakothek, Mu- nich ; do. (1641, 1658), Schwerin Gallery ; A-DE. LORME. I65S 7 <>4I j. <k Come. do. (1662), Hermitage, St. Petersburg ; do. Metropolitan Museum, and Historical Soci- ety, New York. Kramm, iv. 1011. LORRAIN, CLAUDE. SeeCTuurfeLorrain. LORY, GABRIEL, the elder, born at Berne in 1763, died there in 1840. Land- scape painter, pupil of Aberli (172,1-80) and Kaspar Wolf (1735-98) ; lived alternately in Geneva, Berne, St. Gall, and Herisau (Can- ton Appenzell) ; fled during the revolution- ary disturbances of 1798-1803 to Lindau, and after a sojourn at Neuchatel returned in 1812 to Berne, where he was one of the founders of the Artists' Union. Works: View of the Wellhorn and Wetterhorn (1817), View of the Jungfrau (1818), Beruo Museum. Allgem. d. Biogr, xix. 207. LORY, GABRIEL, the younger, born at Berne, June 11, 1784, died there, Aug. 25, 1840. Landscape painter, son and pupil of preceding, whose changes of abode ho shared ; visited Paris in 1808, Rome and Naples in 1811, and after settling for a short time at Neuchatel, in 1812, started out again on extended travels ; spent the win- ters of 1834-30 in Berlin, where he was in favor at court, and received the title of pro- fessor. Worked chiefly in water-colours. Works : View of La Cava near Naples, View near Albano (1810), Grotta Ferrata near Rome, Old Devil's Bridge on St. Gotthard Road (1827), City and Castle Esa between Genoa and Nice (1840), Berne Museum. Allgem. d. Biogr, xix. 208. LOSSEXKO, ANTON, born in (?), died iu 1773. History painter, pupil of St. Peters- burg Academy ; then studied in Paris and Rome (about 1770); on his return became professor, and soon after director of St. Pe- tersburg Academy. Works : St. Peter's Draught of Fishes, St. Andrew, Sacrifice of Isaac, Grand Duke Vladimir and Princess Rogueda (Hermitage, St. Petersburg), Hec- tor's Farewell. Raczynski, iii. 535. LOSSOW, FRIEDRICH, born in Munich, June 13, 1837, died there, Jan. 19, 1872. Animal painter, son of the sculptor Arnold Hermann Lossow, pupil of Munich Academy under Piloty. Since 1800 has painted a series of animal pictures full of humour. Works: Watch Dog (1800); Bitch with Puppies (1801) ; Rat Hunt (1801) ; Rat and Terrier (1802); Rural Scene by the Oven (1805) ; Travelling Company of Dogs 101