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 among Olive Trees at Mentone (1872); Bay of Treffentée at High Tide, Reefs of Kilvouarn, View from Pont des Arts in Paris (1873); Breakers at Stang (1874); Heath of Kerlouarneck (1874), Luxembourg; Rocks of Arvechen at Low Tide, High Tide at Ploumanach, Bay of Plomach (1875); Death of an Oak Tree, Coast of Finisterre (1876); April Blossoms, Windmills near Lille (1877); Moors in Bloom (1878); Bay of Douarnenez at Low Tide, Ocean at Granville, (1879); Glare on the Shore at Granville, Park of Ménars (1880); End of Storm, Downs at Donville (1881); Fine Morning on the Breton Coast, Cloisters of Mont St. Michel (1882); The Reef, Dew (1883); October Mist, The Cliff (1884); Vineyards of Mariaude, Sunrise on the Sea (1885).—Bellier, i. 905; Bitard, 768; Larousse.

LANTARA, SIMON MATHURIN, born in Oney (Seine-et-Oise), March 24, 1729, died in Paris, Dec. 22, 1778. French school; landscape painter of great talent but little industry, who painted little, was always poor, and died in the charity hospital. Bernard, Joseph Vernet, Casanova, Berré, and Taunay often supplied the figures in his landscapes. Works: Sunset (1761), Louvre; Morning, Evening, Banks of a River, Besançon Museum; Banks of the Loing, Châteauroux Museum; Moon-*light, Nantes Museum; A Castle, Farm Exterior, Valenciennes Museum; Two Landscapes, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Bellier, Recherches historiques sur Lantara; Ch. Blanc, École française; Houssaye, Gal. du xviii. Siècle, iii. 177; Jal, 735; Villot, Cat. Louvre; Lejeune, Guide, i. 291.

LANZANI, POLIDORO, called Polidoro di Venezia, born in Venice in 1515, died there, July 21, 1565. Venetian school; history painter, pupil, or at least follower, of Titian; copied his contemporaries so effectually that his works rarely pass under his own name. Works: Venetian Nobleman dedicating to the Madonna his Child, Betrothal of St. Catherine of Siena with the Infant Christ, Dresden Museum; Holy Family, Vienna Museum; Last Supper (1545), Venice Academy.

LANZAS, LAS (The Lances), Velasquez, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 9 ft. 10 in. × 12 ft. The surrender of Breda: The Marquis de Spinola, accompanied by officers, in the presence of the Flemish and Spanish armies, advances to receive the keys of the city from Justin of Nassau (1625); at right, soldiers with lances, which give the picture its name; on extreme right, the soldier with wide collar and hat with white plumes is said to be the artist himself. One of the finest historical pictures in the world. Painted about 1647 for Palace of Buen Retiro. Copy, partly by H. Regnault, in École des Beaux Arts, Paris. Sketch offered for sale in Paris in 1859, but returned to Spain. Etched by Laguillermie; B. Maura.—Palomino, iii. 335; Curtis, 21; Madrazo, 599.

LAP (Lapp), JAN, flourished second half of 16th century. Dutch school; landscape painter in the manner of Moucheron and Pynacker; must have studied in Rome. Works: Italian Landscapes with Figures (3), Hague Museum.—Bode, Studien, 334.

LAPIERRE, LOUIS ÉMILE, born in Paris in 1817, died there, March 28, 1886. Landscape painter, pupil of Bertin; an industrious and painstaking artist of no great originality. Medals: 2d class, 1848, 1863; L. of Honour, 1869. Works: Daphnis and Chloë (1845); Abbey of Thélème (1847); Of what are the Girls Dreaming? Boboli Garden in Florence (1848); Fountain of Egeria, The Seasons (1850); Sunset, Under the Oaks (1855); Woods in Springtime, Woods in Winter (1859); Rock of Milly (1861); Sunset, Bar of the Loing (1863); In the Woods (1865); Garden of Fontainebleau (1866); Cutting in Woods of Cham