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 LAItSEN Paris in 1852, Portraits of Louise do Savoie, Duchesse d'Angouleme, of Duke of Orleans, of Jean de La Valette, of Vauban (1834), of Gerard, Rochambeau, Drouet, Roussin, Bu- geaud, and several other Marshals and Ad- mirals of France, Versailles Museum ; Gen- eral de Rumigny (1833), Amiens Museum ; Jean Martial Bineau, Minister of Finances (1856), Angers Museum ; Christ on Mount of Olives, Bordeaux Museum. Bellici-, i. 911 ; Larousse. LARSEN, CARL FREDERIK EMAN- TJEL, borii in Copenhagen, Sept. 15, 1823, died there, Sept. 24, 1859. Marino painter, pupil of Copenhagen Academy under Kck- ersberg and Kloss ; visited in 1845 Iceland and the Faroe Islands, and in 1852 Eng- land, Holland, and France. Works : View from the Long Line ; View near Marseilles, (1854), Before Noon in the Oere Sound (185G), Copenhagen Gallery ; Nieuwe Diep, in North Holland. Weilbach, 402. LASCH, KARL JOHANN, born iu Leip- sic, July 1, 1822. Genre - ->, :. painter, pupil of Dres- den Academy and of Ben- demann ; went in 1844 to Munich, where, under the influence of Kaulbach and Schnorr, he painted several historical sub- jects ; went to Italy in 1847, and soon after to Moscow, where for ten years he painted por- traits with success. In 1857 went to Paris, studied under Couture, and settled in Diis- seldorf in I860. Gold medals in Dresden, 1843, Berlin, 1808, 1872 ; medals in Vienna, 1873 ; Philadelphia, 187G. Honorary mem- ber of Dresden, Vienna, and St. Petersburg Academies ; professor since 18G9. Works : King Enzio iu Prison, Count Eberhard the Rauschebart, Christ at Emmaus (1844-47), Children on Hay-Cart (18G1), Dresden Mu- seum ; At the Young Widow's (1802) ; Giv- ing his Opinion (1803) ; Return from Kir- mess (1864) ; Village Physician in Perplexity- Old Teacher's Birthday (I860), National Gal- f lery, Berlin; Snabian Wedding Feast (18G8); Forsaken by his Last Friend ; Punch and Judy at Suabian Fair (1870) ; Toast at Wedding Feast (1871) ; Tale of the Wound- ed, Capture (1873) ; Male Portrait (1880), Kuusthalle, Hamburg ; Bavarian Girl go- ing to Church, J. H. Warren, Hoosic Falls, N. Y. Jordan (1885), ii. 134 ; Miiller, 321 ; Zeitschr. f. b. K., is. (Mittheilimgcu, ii. 56). LASINSKY, GUSTAV, born in Coblent/, Oct. 27, 1811, died in Mentz, April 21, 1870. History painter, brother of Johann Adolf, pupil of the Diisseldorf Academy in 1829- 38 ; lived afterwards in Cobleutz, Cologne, Mentz, Diisseldorf, and in Rhenish Prussia and Westphalia, where he executed numer- ous orders, chiefly religious subjects. Ho treated biblical as well as romantic-histori- cal subjects, besides smaller equestrian and battle-scenes ; and executed fresco paintings in the Mentz Cathedral after compositions by Philip Veit. His works are less known than they deserve. Works : Liberation of Peter ; Paul and Jacob ; Crusader ; Toll's Death ; Gustavus Adolphus taking Leave of the States at Stockholm (1840) ; Death of Prince Ludwig iu the Battle of Belgrade, Mentz Museum. Allgom. d. Biogr., xvii. 732 ; Blanckarts, 35 ; Merlo, 252. LASINSKY, JOHANN ADOLF, born at Simmern, near Coblentz, Oct. 16, 1808, died in Diisseldorf, Sept. 0, 1871. Landscape painter, pupil from 1827 of the Diisseldorf Academy, where, with Lessiug and Schir- mer, he was among the first to cultivate landscape independently and to obtain rec- ognition for this branch of art. Settled in Coblentz in 1837 ; moved afterwards to Co- logne, and from 1850 lived again in Diissel- dorf. Works : Schloss Eltz (1831) ; The Oberstein (1834) ; replica (1836) ; Old Watchtower in Moonlight (1835) ; Waterfall near Pyrmont (1835) ; Narrow Pass, with Gypsies ; Panorama of Cologne ; Dutch Landscape (1850) ; Views from Hereditary Lauds of Hohenzollern. Allgem. d. Biogr., xvii. 732 ; Blauckarts, 52 ; Kuust-Chronik, 23