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 Robed in white and mitred, seated by a table, holding a parchment in his hands. Painted in 1655. Companion to St. Isidoro.

LEANDRO AND BONAVENTURA, SS., Murillo, Seville Museum; canvas, H. 6 ft. 9 in. × 5 ft. 11 in. St. Bonaventura on left, leaning against a pedestal, with model of a church in his hands; St. Leandro on right, with pastoral staff in left hand, and parchment in right; beside him a boy with a mitre. Painted about 1676 for church of Capuchin Convent, Seville. Companion to SS. Justa and Rufina.—Curtis, 258.

LEBARBIER, JEAN JACQUES FRANÇOIS, born at Rouen, Nov. 11, 1738, died in Paris, May 7, 1826. French school; history painter and illustrator; won first prize of the Rouen Academy in 1756 and 1758; went to Paris, where he studied under Pierre, and after a journey to Rome was received into the Academy in 1785. Made illustrations for works of Ovid, Racine, Rousseau, Delille, and others. Medal, 1st class, 1808; Member of the Institute, 1816. Works: Siege of Beauvais (1781), Town-*hall, Beauvais; Crillon receiving Letter of Henry IV. (1781); Henry IV. and Sully (1783); Jupiter Asleep on Mount Ida (1785), Courage of Spartan Women (1787), Louvre; Henri Dubois entering first into the Bastille (1789); Lycurgus presenting his Nephew to the Spartans (1791); Heroism of young Désilles at Nancy (1795), Town-*hall, Nancy; Helen and Paris (1801); Agrippina leaving Camp of Germanicus (1808); St. Louis about to depart for the First Crusade receiving the Oriflamme at Saint-Denis (1812), Sacristy of Basilica, St. Denis; Henry IV. and Marquis de Vernueil (1814); Medias assassinating Mania, Farewell of Abradatas and Panthea, Panthea expiring on the Body of her Husband (1817); Callisto surprised by Jupiter, Schwerin Gallery.—Bellier, 936; Ch. Blanc, École française, iii.; Larousse, x. 285.

LEBEL, EDMOND, born at Amiens, in 1834. Landscape painter, pupil of Léon Cogniet. Medal, 2d class, 1872. Works: A Vow at San Germano (1872), Luxembourg Museum; Street at Cassino (1873); Butcher of Transtevere—Rome (1874), Ponte Rapido at Cassino (1875), Amiens Museum; Entrance to Abbey of Monte Cassino (1875); Cardinal blessing Family of Pilgrims (1877); Ecco Fiori! (1878); Street at Belmonte (1879).—Bellier, i. 939; Du Camp, B. Arts, 277.

LE BLANT, JULIEN, born in Paris; contemporary. History painter, pupil of E. Girard; of increasing merit and popularity. Medals: 3d class, 1878; 2d class, 1880. Works: Assassination of Lepelletier Saint Fargeau (1874); Playing the Game of Tonneau (1877); Death of General d'Elbée (1878); Henry de la Rochejacquelin (1879); Skirmish of Fougères in 1793 (1880); Couriers of the Blues (1882); Execution of General Charette (1883); Diner de l'Équipage (1884).

LE BOURGET. See Bourget.

LE BRUN, CHARLES, born in Paris, Feb. 24, 1619, died there, Feb. 12, 1690. French school; history and portrait painter, son of a sculptor; pupil of Perrier, Vouet, and Poussin. Protected by the Chancellor Seguier. At the age of fifteen he attracted attention by several pictures painted for Cardinal Richelieu, and in 1642 was taken to Rome by Nicholas Poussin, with whom he lived six years, and from whom he received invaluable advice. Recalled to Paris in 1648, he was received into the Academy, protected by Fouquet, presented to Louis XIV. by Cardinal Mazarin, and made court-painter. In 1662 the king