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 LOSSOW and Monkeys (1866); Badger Dog in Baby Carriage (1870). Allgeni. d. Biogr., xix. 222 ; Kunst-Chronik, vii. 203. LOSSOW, HEINEICH, born in Munich, March 10, 1843. Genre painter, broth- er of preceding, pu- pil of the Munich Academy ; paints rococo scenes, often strongly realistic. Works : The Hunch- backed Beau ; Mu- sical Entertainment ; I do as I like ; Lady in .1 Park ; Honeymoon; Milliner. Miiller, 842. LOSSOW, KAltL, born in Munich, Aug. 0, 1835, died in Home, March 12, 1801. History painter, brother of preceding, pu- pil of Munich Academy under Foltz ; much influenced by Andreas Miiller and the works of Schwind ; visited Italy in 185G, where he was induced by the hered- itary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen to settle iu Meiningcn. Works : Hor- aud's Wooing for Hilde in the Name of King Hettel, Hagen carried off by the Griffin, Hagen 's Fight with the Griffin, Villa Carlotta, Lake of Como ; Conquest of City of the Malians by Alexander the Great (1858, Cartoon). Allgeni. d. Biogr., xix. 223 ; D. Kunstbl. (1857), 2G4, 2i)G ; Nagler, Mon., ii. 115. LOT, FLIGHT OF, Luca Gior- dano, Dresden Gallery ; canvas, H. 5 ft. 4 iu. x 7 ft. 2 in. Lot reclin- ing, cup in hand, with his two daughters beside him; in distance, Sodom and Gomorrah burning and Lot's wife turned to salt. Engraved by J. F. Beauvarlet. GaL roy. de Dresde, ii. PL 37 ; Reveil, v. 344. By Guercino, Dresden Gallery ; canvas, H. 5 ft. 9 in. x 7 ft. 4 in. Acquired in 1744 for 4,500 livres from Polignac Collection. By Guercino, Louvre ; canvas, H. 5 ft. 7 in. x 7 ft. 3 in. At left, Lot, seated between his two daughters, drains the cup which one of them has tilled ; in background, his wife changed to salt and Sodorn burning. Paint- ed in 1650 for Girolamo Pavese, of Pavia, and acquired by Luigi Manzini, who presented it (1G51) to the Duke of Modena ; sold at sale of Comte de Vaudreuil in 1784 ; ac- quired by Louvre in 1817. Engraved by Fr. Providoni ; Raphael Morgheu. By Gmdo Reni, National Gallery, Lon- don ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 9 in. x 4 ft. 10^ in. Three half-figures of life-size. Bought in 1844 from Penrice Collection ; formerly in Palazzo Lancellotti, Borne. Engraved by D. Cunego for the Scuola Italica. "Waageu, Treasures, ii. 338. By Rubens, Blenheim Palace ; canvas, H. 7 ft. 1 in. x 8 ft. Lot, with his wife and daughters, conducted by two angels from Sodom. One of the choicest works of the artist's middle period. Presented by city of Antwerp to Duke of Marlborough. Eu- Flight of Lot, Luca Giordano, Dresden Gallery. graved by Vorsterman. Waageu, Art Treas- ures, iii. 124. By Rubens, Louvre, Paris ; wood, H. 2 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 10 in. ; signed, dated 1G25. At right, an angel leads Lot from Sodom ; in centre, another angel hastens the steps of his wife ; at left, one of the daughters, with a basket on her arm and holding the bridle of an asa laden with gold and silver 10*