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 and Monkeys (1866); Badger Dog in Baby Carriage (1870).—Allgem. d. Biogr., xix. 222; Kunst-Chronik, vii. 203.

LOSSOW, HEINRICH, born in Munich, March 10, 1843. Genre painter, brother of preceding, pupil of the Munich Academy; paints rococo scenes, often strongly realistic. Works: The Hunch-*backed Beau; Musical Entertainment; I do as I like; Lady in a Park; Honeymoon; Milliner.—Müller, 342.

LOSSOW, KARL, born in Munich, Aug. 6, 1835, died in Rome, March 12, 1861. History painter, brother of preceding, pupil of Munich Academy under Foltz; much influenced by Andreas Müller and the works of Schwind; visited Italy in 1856, where he was induced by the hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen to settle in Meiningen. Works: Horand'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).—Allgem. d. Biogr., xix. 223; D. Kunstbl. (1857), 264, 296; Nagler, Mon., ii. 115.

Flight of Lot, Luca Giordano, Dresden Gallery.

LOT, FLIGHT OF, Luca Giordano, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 5 ft. 4 in. × 7 ft. 2 in. Lot reclining, 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; Réveil, v. 344.

By Guercino, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 5 ft. 9 in. × 7 ft. 4 in. Acquired in 1744 for 4,500 livres from Polignac Collection.

By Guercino, Louvre; canvas, H. 5 ft. 7 in. × 7 ft. 3 in. At left, Lot, seated between his two daughters, drains the cup which one of them has filled; in background, his wife changed to salt and Sodom burning. Painted in 1650 for Girolamo Pavese, of Pavia, and acquired by Luigi Manzini, who presented it (1651) to the Duke of Modena; sold at sale of Comte de Vaudreuil in 1784; acquired by Louvre in 1817. Engraved by Fr. Providoni; Raphael Morghen.

By Guido Reni, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 3 ft. 9-1/2 in. × 4 ft. 10-1/2 in. Three half-figures of life-size. Bought in 1844 from Penrice Collection; formerly in Palazzo Lancellotti, Rome. Engraved by D. Cunego for the Scuola Italica.—Waagen, Treasures, ii. 338.

By Rubens, Blenheim Palace; canvas, H. 7 ft. 1 in. × 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. Engraved by Vorsterman.—Waagen, Art Treasures, iii. 124.

By Rubens, Louvre, Paris; wood, H. 2 ft. 6 in. × 3 ft. 10 in.; signed, dated 1625. 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 ass laden with gold and silver