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 LAXGER LANGER, JOHANN PETER VON, born at Kalkum, near Dusseldorf, in 1756, died in Munich, Aug. G, 1824. History painter, pupil of the Diisseldorf Academy under Krahe ; became professor at the Academy in 1784, director in 1789, and in 1801 director of the Gallery. In 180G was appointed di- rector of the Munich Academy, which he reorganized. His antiquated school, which was extolled immoderately by his contem- poraries, was superseded by that of Corne- lius, and subsequently sank into undeserved oblivion. Works : Six scenes from Fable of Psyche ; Christ blessing Little Children, Studieukirche, Munich ; St. Luke painting Madonna ; David before Saul ; Pliiloctetes at Lemnos (1814) ; Small Family (1817) ; Cupid consoling Psyche (1820) ; Christ on Mount of Olives, Lady Jane Grey in the Tower (1823); Nativity, Christ blessing Lit- tle Children (sketch for painting in Studien- kirche, Munich), Madonna and St. John, Death of Ananias and Sappbira, Expulsion from Paradise, Man about to Write, Chem- ist reading, Artist's Sons, Artist's Wife, Sons of Spanish Ambassador, Male Portrait, Head Studies (2), Schleissheim Gallery. Allgem. d. Biogr., xvii. G78 ; FGrster, iv. 1(58; Kunstbl. (1825), Jan. G, No. 2 ; Nagler, Mon., iv. 100. LANGER, ROBERT VON, born in Diis- seldorf in 1783, died at Haidhausen, Mu- nich, Oct. 6, 184G. History painter, son and pupil of Johann Peter, and studied also in Dresden, Berlin, and Cassel ; accompa- nied his father to Paris in 1799, and visited Italy in 1804. Was professor at the newly organized Munich Academy in 1806, secre- tary-general in 1820, and director-general of the Bavarian picture galleries ; member of the Vienna, Ghent, and Antwerp Acad- emies. Works : Christ healing the Lame and Blind ; Seven Works of Mercy ; Ma- donna with Saints ; Descent from the Cross ; Adoration of the Magi, Diisseldorf Gallery ; Education of Bacchus, Royal Gallery, Stutt- gart ; Virgil conducting Dante into the Low- er World, Museum, ib. ; Great Mythological Cycle of five subjects (fresco), Palace of Duke Maximilian, Munich. Allgem. d. Biogr., xvii. G79. LANGETTI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, born in Genoa in 1G35, died in Venice, Sept. 21, 167G. Genoese school ; pupil in Homo of Pietro da Cortona, and in Venice of Gio- vanni Francesco Cassanna ; became a good colourist in the Venetian style. Painted some historical pieces, but chiefly portraits, heads of old men, philosophers, and ancho- rets. Work : Apollo and Marsyas, Dresden Museum. Lanzi, iii. 277 ; Ch. Blanc, colc genoise. LANGKO, DIETRICH, born in Ham- burg, June 1, 1819. Landscape painter, pupil in Hamburg of Martin and Jakob Gensler ; painted at first decorations, then studied after the etchings of Dutch masters. Removed to Munich in 1840. Works : Moonlight Night on the Elbe (18G1) ; View on Chiem Luke, Carf Lake near KiJuigs- dorf (1862), Kunsthalle, Hamburg ; View near Road to Thalkirchen ; The Elbe below Hamburg by Moonlight ; Evening Land- scape in Bavarian Oberland (1863); View in Isar Valley ; Swamp Landscape ; Sunset in Moorland. Meyer, Conv. Lex., xvii. 533 ; Muller, 320. LANGLEY, WALTER, born in England; contemporary. Genre painter, water-col- ours. Member of Institute of Painters in Water-Colours. Works : Wandering Thoughts, For Men must Work and Women must W T eep, A Crown of Years, My Little Friend (1883) ; In Memoriam, Among the Missing (1884) ; Waiting for the Boats (1885) ; Fisher's Daughter, Sunny South (1886). LANGLOIS, JEAN CHARLES, born at Beaumont-eu-Auge (Calvados), July 22, 1789, died in Paris, March 24, 1870. Bat- tle painter, pupil of Girodet, Gros, and Horace Vernet. Became a colonel in the army in 1849. Medals : 2d class, 1822 ; 1st class, 1834 ; L. of Honour, 1814 ; Officer, 1832 ; Commander, 1860. Works : Battle of Larsobispo ; Capture of the Great Re- 17