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* LUINI. 527 LUKASZEWICZ. della Passione at Milan (1510), shows the in- lluence of Borgognone; but his paintings be- tween the years 1510 and 1520, incluiling many of his easel paintings, are in Leonardo's style. After 1520, though retaining the principles of Leonardo as the basis of his work, his frescoes show greater independence of execution and more individual power. He died soon after 153.3. He chose his subjects from the Bible, sacred legends, and mythology. His portrayal, while tender and sympathetic, appealing to the emotions rather than the intellect, is accurate, the action good, and the coloring refined. His work is tran- sitional, departing from the strength of the old masters and groping after the beauty of per- fected Italian art. He worked in oil, tempera, and fresco, but is most famous as a fresco painter, and he especially excelled in church adornment. His most important frescoes are: "The Cruci- fixion," in the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli at Lugano ; "Saint Catharine Borne by Angels," the "Madonna Enthroned Between Saint Anthony and Saint Barbara," in the Brera Gallery, Milan; "Christ Crowned with Thorns," in the Am- brosiana, Milan; a series of frescoes in the Church of Santa ilaria at Saronno, including a "Mar- riage of the Virgin" and the "Presentation in the Temple ;" another series in the Chapel of San Maurizio, Monastero Maggiore. ililan, and the decorations of Palazzo Litta, Milan, now in the Louvre. His easel paintings are especially nu- merous in the public and private collections of Milan. In the Brera are two late iladonnas. one with a rose hedge; in the Ambrosiana "Tobias and the Angel." His best-known other works in- clude: "Beheading of .John the Baptist." in the Uffizi, Florence; "ilodesty and Vanity," in the Sciarra Palace, Rome; "Jesus Among the Doc- tors," in the National Gallery, London ; "Birth of Christ," in the Berlin Museum ; and "Hero- dias," in the Louvre. Consult: La Fenestre, "Luini." in Gazette des Beaux Arts (18G9). vol. ii.: Gauthier, ib., vols, xxii.-xxiii.; Williamson, Bernardino Luini (London, 1899). LTJINO, loo-e'n6. A town in the Province of Como, Italy, at the mouth of the Tresa, on the east shore of Lake Maggiore (q.v.). It markets grain, wine, and fruit, weaves cotton, spins silk, has several good hotels, and is easy to reach by rail or bv Lake ilaggiore steamboat. Population (commune), in 1881, 3540: in 1901, 5890. LTJISE, loo-e'ze, Auguste Wilhelmixe Ama- LIE (17701810). Queen of Prussia. She was born at Hanover, where her father. Duke Karl of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was in command of the gar- rison. She was married to the Crown Prince of Prussia, afterwards Frederick William III., in 1703. After his accession to the throne she be- came exceedingly popular, her great beauty being united with dignity and grace of manners, and with much gentleness of character and active benevolence. This popularity increased in conse- quence of her conduct during the period of na- tional calamity which followed the battle of Jena, when she displayed a patriotic spirit, energy, and resolution. .Just before Tilsit (q.v.) she visited Xapoleon and sought in vain to win merciful terms for Prussia, and she brought her husband to favor Stein and Hardenberg. She died on a visit to her father in Strelitz. Her memory is cherished in Prussia, and the Order of Luise in that kingdom was founded in honor of her. Consult: IIuJ.-!OU, The Life and Times of Louisa, Queen of Prussia (London, 1874) ; Jlommsen and von Treitscke, Kimigin Luise (Ber- lin, 1870) ; Adanii, Luise, Kiinigin con Preussen (12th ed., Gutersloh, 1888). LTJISE DOROTHEA, d.Vr6-ta'a (1710-67). A Duchess of Sa.xe-Gutha and .Mtenburg, of marked literary tastes. She was born at Coburg, and after the death of her father, in 1724, was edu- cated by her stepmother, Elizabeth Charlotte, daughter of the Great Elector. In 1729 she mar- ried her cousin, the Crown Prince of Gotha, later Duke Frederick III.; she bore him four children, of whom the third, August, was a friend and patron of Wieland, Herder, and Goethe. Luise took some interest in politics, but much more in literature and science, and carried on a varied correspondence with French men of letters, espe- cially Voltaire, Diderot, and D'Alembert, and also with Frederick the Great. LTJISE VON GALL, fun gal. The pseudonym of the wife of Levin Schiieking (q.v.). LTJITPOLB^ loo'it-p61t, K.kl Joseph Wil- HELM LiuwiG (1821—). Prince Regent of Ba- varia. He was born at Wiirzburg. and married in 1844 the Archduchess Augusta of Tuscany. He fought in 18G6 against Prussia, but was on the general staff of the Prussian Anny in the war of 1870-71. On the death of his nephew, > Louis II. of Bavaria, in 1880, Prince Luitpold became Regent, owing to the insanity of Otho, the new King. LTJITPRAND, loo'it-prand. See Lictpbaxd. LUKACS, luTcach, BfiLA vox (1847-1901). An Hungarian statesman, born at Zalatna. He stud- ied law at Pesth, was elected to the Diet in 1872, and in 1886 became director of the Hun- garian State railways, in which capacity he in- troduced important refonns. On the death of Baross, in 1892, he became Minister of Com- merce. He wrote a number of financial works, including a treatise on the Financial and Tax Si/stem of Austria and Hungary (1876) ; one on the Austro-Hun<iarian Bank (1882) ; and others on the financial administrations of Rumania, England, and France. LTJKASZEWICZ, In'ka-shevlch. JozEF ( 1799- 1873). A Polish historian, born at Kromplevo, near Posen, and educated at the gynmasium of Posen. In 1829 he was appointed librarian of Count Raczynski. With Poplinski he formed a Polish press and publishing house, and edited Ti/godnik Litcracki, Przyjaciel ludu. and Orc- dounik. In 18.52, after teaching Latin several years in Posen, he bought the Targoszycc estate and resigned from his position as librarian. His works include a translation of Pliny's Natural JJistorij (1S45) ; the Protestant histories: Hia- domos'c historyczna o Dyssydenhach ir miescie Poznaniu iP XVI. ic XVIl. wieku (1832; trans- lated into German, 1843). on the history of dissent in Posen; a work on the Bohemian Brethren. Kosciolach Braci Czcskich ir ihnnirj Polsce (1835): and, on the Calvinist body in Lithuania, /)^i>;> koicioUjir iryznnnia hrhrrckiffio na hitirie (1841-43): the Catholic ecclesiastical history, Krdtki opis historyczni/ koiciolow pa- rochidlnych (1858631 : a sketch of Posen, Ohrns hisloryc-no-Sitnhistiiczni/ miastn Po2-n<i ii in ( 1 839 ) ; a geography, written with the pseudonym J. An- dryszowicz," Geopra/ia starozitnej Polski (1842) ;