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 *dral, Mechlin; Zeus Asleep on Mount Ida, Pallas-Athene striking down Aphrodite, Vienna Museum.—Ch. Blanc, École flamande; Cat. du Mus. d'Anvers (1874), 234; Immerzeel, ii. 169; Kramm, iv. 963; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 535; Michiels, x. 524; Rooses (Reber), 442; Van den Branden, 1223.

LENTHE, GASTON, born at Dresden, Aug 9, 1805, died at Schwerin, Dec. 27, 1860. History and genre painter, son of, and first instructed by, Friedrich Christoph Georg Lenthe (1774-1851, whose portrait, by himself, is in the Schwerin Gallery), then pupil of Dresden Academy under Retsch, whither he returned in 1826 after having studied in Berlin in 1825; was in Carlsruhe and Munich in 1829, then painted frescos in Schwerin (1830-33) under Schumacher; visited Italy in 1834, and Paris in 1835; became court-painter at Schwerin in 1838. Works: Crucifixion (1843-44), Cathedral, Schwerin; Sketch of this and Gothic Triptych (1857), Repose in Egypt (1859), Hermann and Dorothea (1860), Physician feeling Lady's Pulse (copy after Netscher's picture in Dresden Gallery).—Schlie, 40.

Oath of Leo III., Raphael, Stanza dell' Incendio del Borgo, Vatican.

LEO III., OATH OF, Raphael, Stanza dell' Incendio del Borgo, Vatican; fresco. Leo III. (portrait of Leo X.) clearing himself by oath at the altar, in presence of Charlemagne and church dignitaries, from accusations made by the nephew of the deceased Pope Adrian I.; behind him, a young priest carries the triple crown; at left, in front of a group of bishops, Charlemagne in