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 Préfecture de la Seine, Paris.—Bellier, i. 1031.

LE SUEUR, EUSTACHE, born in Paris, Nov. 19, 1616, died there, April 30, 1655; French school. History painter, pupil of Simon Vouet, with whom he quarrelled in 1641, and began an independent career. Taking his three brothers and his brother-in-law, M. Goussé, into his studio, he with their help painted many pictures, whose chaste simplicity of style and deep though unexaggerated expression entitle him to be ranked as one of the chief glories of the French school. He was one of the first members of the French Academy of Painting on its foundation in 1648. Most of his pictures have been engraved. Works: Angel appearing in Desert to Hagar, Father of Tobias giving Orders to his Son, Angelic Salutation, Christ bearing his Cross, Descent from the Cross, Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalen, St. Gervais and St. Protais refusing to sacrifice to Jupiter, St. Paul preaching at Ephesus, Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, Apparition of St. Scholastica to St. Benedict, Mass of St. Martin of Tours, History of St. Bruno, St. Bruno examining the Plan of the Chartreuse Church in Rome, Plan of the Old Chartreuse Church in Paris, Dedication of the Chartreuse Church, Birth of Cupid, Venus presenting Cupid to Jupiter, Cupid reprimanded by his Mother taking refuge with Ceres, Cupid receiving the Homage of the Gods, Cupid orders Mercury to announce his Power to the Universe, Cupid taking away Jupiter's Lightning, Phaeton asking Apollo for the Chariot of the Sun, Clio, Euterpe and Thalia, Melpomene, Erato and Polymnia, Urania, Terpsichore, Calliope, Rape of Ganymede, Reunion of Artists, Institution of the Eucharist (attributed), Christ at the Column (attributed), Louvre, Paris; Urania, Bordeaux Museum; Family of Tobias thanking God after Departure of the Angel Raphael, Grenoble Museum; Martyrdom of St. Gervais and St. Protais, Faith, Religion, Lyons Museum; Presentation in the Temple, Christ with Martha and Mary, Marseilles Museum; Sacrifice of Manoah, Montauban Museum; First Night of Wedding of Tobias, Montpellier Museum; Rise of Aurora, Nantes Museum; Woman in Surprise, Monk in Meditation, Rouen Museum; Christ Blessing, Brussels Museum; St. Bruno in his Cell, Berlin Museum; Christ in the House of Martha, St. Louis of France at Mass, Old Pinakothek, Munich; Burial Scene, Stuttgart Museum; Funeral of Cupid, Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna; Martyrdom of St. Stephen, Exposure of Moses, Darius Hystaspes causing the Grave of Queen Nitocris to be opened, Birth of Mary the Virgin, Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Presentation of Mary in the Temple, Death of the Virgin, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Bellier, i. 1132; Ch. Blanc, École française; Jal, 780; Mémoires inédits, i. 147; Stothert, 87; Cat. du Louvre.

LETHIÈRE, GUILLAUME GUILLON, born at St. Anne, Guadaloupe, Jan. 10, 1760, died in Paris, April 21, 1832. Genre painter, pupil in Paris of Doyen. His father, Guillon, being ashamed to have him work under the family name, he took that of Lethière. He won the 2d grand prix in 1784, and after spending four years in Italy returned to Paris; accompanied Lucien Bonaparte to Spain, and was engaged there several years in collecting pictures for him. In 1812-20 he was director of the French Academy in Rome; in 1825 he became a member of the Institute, and soon after pro