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 A Virgin by him is in the Ercolani Collection, a Madonna del Baraccano in S. Domenico, and another over the portal of S. Procolo, Bologna.—C. & C., Italy, ii. 209; Burckhardt, 518; Gualandi, Guido, 25, 66, 76, etc.; Malvasia, i. 33.

LIS (Lys), JAN, called Pan, born at Hoorn in 1570, died in Venice in 1629. Dutch school; history and genre painter, pupil in Haarlem of Hendrik Goltzius, whose manner he imitated most successfully; then went to France and Rome, where he was influenced by antique and Italian art, and painted many pictures for the Cardinals Aretino and Pamphilio; removed to Venice, and formed himself after Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto. Works: St. Jerome in the Desert, Tolentini Church, Venice; Adam and Eve bewailing Abel; Raising of Tabitha by Peter; Fall of Phaeton; Prodigal Son; Bishop and Monks at Devotions in Subterranean Vault, Aschaffenburg Gallery; Skippers in Tavern, Game of Mora, A Bout, Cassel Gallery; Shepherdess withholding Letter from Shepherd, Darmstadt Museum; Lute-Player, Penitent Magdalen, Dresden Gallery; St. Benedict in a Land scape, Vienna Museum.—Allgem. d. Biogr., xviii. 748; Immerzeel, ii. 181; Kramm, iv. 995.

LISCEWSKA, ANNA DOROTHEA, born in Berlin, July 19, 1722, died there, Nov. 9, 1782. German school; history and portrait painter, daughter and pupil of Georg Liscewsky (1674-1746), a Polish portrait painter of some renown who had settled in Berlin. In 1761 she went to Stuttgart, where she painted many portraits, and later became court-painter at Mannheim; returned to Berlin, and in 1766 went to Paris, returning home in 1770. Member of Paris and Vienna Academies in 1767. Was married to one Therbusch, therefore also called by that name. Works: Ariadne in Naxos; Diana's Return from the Chase; Portrait of herself (1773), Brunswick Gallery; Magdalen Penitent (1781), Two Vestals at the Altar, Young Girl kissing Dove, Schwerin Gallery; Man with Glass of Wine (1767), Louvre, Paris.

LISCEWSKA, ANNA ROSINA, born in Berlin in 1716, died in 1783. German school; history and portrait painter, daughter and pupil of Georg; painted when fourteen the portrait of the Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst in Stettin, whither she had accompanied her father; married the painter David Matthieu (died in 1755), and in 1760 H. von Gasc in Berlin; was called as court-painter to Brunswick in 1764, visited Holland in 1766, and became member of Dresden Academy in 1769. Works: Monime tearing off her Diadem; Artemisia; Female Portrait (1770), Brunswick Gallery; Forty Female Beauties.

LISCEWSKY, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH REINHOLD, born in Berlin in 1725, died at Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg, June 12, 1794. German school; portrait painter, son and probably pupil of Georg Liscewsky; went as court-painter to Dessau in 1752, and in the same capacity to Ludwigslust in 1779, having lived at Dresden in 1768 and removed to Berlin in 1772. Works: Equestrian Portrait of Duke Eugene of Anhalt, and many other portraits of the Ducal Family, Dessau Gallery; The Painter Paul Christian Zink drawing (1755), Leipsic Museum; Portrait of Frederic the Great, Schleissheim Gallery; Artist's Portrait by Candle-light, Schwerin Gallery. His daughter and pupil, Friedrike Julie (born at Dessau in 1772, died after 1838), was also a skilful portrait painter. Member of Berlin Academy.—Schlie, 353; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xiv. 316.

LISCHKA, JOHANN CHRISTOPH, born in Breslau in 1638 or 1639, died in Prague about 1729. German school; history painter, pupil of his stepfather, Michael Willmann; enjoyed great reputation in Prague as early as 1660. Works: Stigmatization of St Francis of Assisi, Kreuzherren Kirche, Prague; Glorification of St. Ursula, St. Ann, St. Ursula's Church, Prague; St. Teresa, St. Walpurgis, Minorites Church, Prague; Achilles bringing to Julius Cæsar the Head of Pom