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 LA BOULAYE 1823 in Spain, when he was decorated with the L. of Honour, and of 1830 in Africa, after which he took up painting, visited the East, and studied for several years in Rome ; also spent two years in Spain. Several of his works, mostly Eastern subjects, have been acquired by the State. Works : Au- tumn Morning (1833) ; Pontine Marshes, Sacred Isle of Philic Nubia (1838); Rums of Karuak at Thebes (1841) ; View from Villa d'Este at Tivoli (1842) ; Harvest in the Campagua (1844) ; Wind of the Desert in Plain of Memphis (184G) ; Villa near Rome (1864) ; Interior of the Goneralife at Granada, La Antigua at Valladolid (18GG) ; Sorrento (18G7) ; The Generalife and the Alhambra (1868) ; Environs of the Alhambra (1870) ; Theatre of Taormina in Sicily (18G9 and 1870) ; Sunset in Algiers (1833), Desert of Suez (1840), Factory of Poussiu (1842), Val- ley of the Tombs (1848), View of the Alham- bra (18G7), Augers Museum. Bellier, i. 861 ; Vapereau (1880), 104!). LA BOULAYE, PAUL DE, born at Bourg ; contemporary. Genre and portrait painter, pupil of Bonnat. Medal, 3d class, 1879. Works : The Sabbath (1876) ; Beg- gar Woman (1877) ; Adoration of the Shep- herds (1878) ; At the Sermon (1879), Lux- embourg Museum ; Women selling Fowl (1880) ; Leaving Church (1881) ; Mould Seller in Brussels (1883) ; A Baptism in Bourbonnais, Mother Auberger (1884) ; The Rosary (1885). LACHENWITZ, SIGMUND, born at Neuss in 1820, died in Diisseldorf, June 25, 18G8. Animal painter, pupil of Diisseldorf Academy. Works : Horses pursued by a Bear (1848) ; Lion Family surprised by Ti- gers (1850) ; Buffaloes attacked by Pan- thers ; Eagles fighting in the Air ; Rein- deers pursued by Wolves ; Marauders with Stolen Herd ; Young and Old (1861), Kim- igsberg Museum ; Cavalry Fight (1866) ; Scenes from Reynard the Fox.- -Blauckarts, 16 ; Kunst-Chronik, iii. 160. LACROIX, GASPARD JEAN, born in Turin, Jan. 24, 1810, died in Paris, Oct. 26, 1878. Landscape painter, pupil of Corot ; a talented and careful painter. Medals : 3d class, 1842 ; 2d class, 1843, 1848. Works: View of Bonnelles, Campagna at Rome (1841) ; Catalonian Fishermen at Port Ven- dres (1842) ; Excursion on the Water (1844) ; Miser who has lost his Treasure (1847) ; 3 Views of Bougival (1848) ; Women Bathing, Erigone (1850) ; Mercury putting Argus to Sleep (1852) ; Banks of 'the Morin (1853) ; Green Path near Meaux (1855) ; Daphnis and Chloo (18(51) ; Hay-Stacks, The Banks of the Manic (18G3) ; View of Romainvillo (1865) ; The Bell-Flower (18G8) ; A Land- scape (1869) ; Environs of Palaiseau, Woman Bathing (1870) ; Landscape (1870) ; Land- scape (1872); 2 Views of the Park of Gigoux at Palaiseau (1873) ; The Villa Gigoux, Avenue des Maronniers (1874) ; View at Palaiseau (1876); At the Potteries (1877). Bellier, i. 866 ; Larousse, x. 41. LAECK, P. VAN, flourished probably at Utrecht about 1640. Dutch school; land- scape and figure painter in the manner of Poelenburg, although his treatment is hasty and his figures arc coarse in conception. Works : St. Magdalen in a Grotto (1G38), Mentz Museum ; Italian Landscape with Venus punishing Cupid (1640). Bode, Studien, 332. LAEMLEIN, ALEXAXDRE, born at Ho- henfeld, Bavaria, Dec. 9, 1813, died at Pont- levoy (Loire-et-Cher), April 25, 1871. His- tory painter, pupil of Reguault and Picot ; went to Paris when ten years old, became a naturalized Frenchman in 1835. He re- stored, in 1825-39, with Alaux, the Prima- ticcio Gallery at Fontainebleau. Medals : 3d class, 1841 ; 2d class, 1843, 1859. Pro- fessor at the School of Design in 1855. Works : John the Fearless, Philip the Hardy, Raymond Dupuy first Grand-Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (1842), Philippe d'Artois, Marshal Boucicault, Ver- sailles Museum ; Chastity of Joseph (1839); Awakening of Adam (1841) ; Tabitha re- vived by St. Peter (1843) ; Charity (1846), formerly in Luxembourg Museum ; Jacob's