in France; acquired in 1819 with the Sabine Women for 100,000 fr.—Villot, Cat. Louvre; Landon, Musée, i. Pl. 27, 28.
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Leonidas at Thermopylæ, Jacques Louis David, Louvre, Paris.
LEONTISCUS, Greek painter, Sicyonic
school, about 232 B.C. According to Pliny
(xxxv. 40), he painted a Singing Girl, and
an Aratus with the Trophies of Victory won
in the battle of that year between him and
Aristippus, Tyrant of Argos.
LEPANTO, ALLEGORY OF, Titian,
Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 10 ft. × 9 ft.;
signed. Philip II., in armour, stands at an
altar holding aloft a naked babe, his son
the Infante Don Fernando (born two months
after Lepanto), who stretches his hands
towards the Angel of Victory bearing a
crown and palm; at foot of altar kneels a
half-naked Turk, with arms bound, and
a kettle-drum, flag, and the crescent and
star of the Ottomans at his feet. Painted
about 1574 for Philip II. of Spain.—C. &
C., Titian, ii. 396.
LEPIC, LUDOVIC NAPOLÉON, Vicomte,
born in Paris, Dec. 17, 1839. Marine
painter, pupil of Cabanel, Wappers, and Verlat.
Medal, 3d class, 1877. Works: Pilier de
Halle (1868), Grenoble Museum; Spring-*time,
Deluge (3 views, 1874); Fishing for
Dog-Fish, Boat of Boulogne (1875); Calm
in Bay of the Somme, Inundation of the
Bercy Quay (1876); Broken Boat, Tempest
(1877); Departure at High Tide, Return at
Low Tide (1878); Scotch Herring Fishery,
Virgin of Grosfliers in Berck (1879); Ice-Gorge
on the Loire, Returning (1880); On
the Watch, Beach at Berck (1881); do.,
Amiens Museum; Calm Sea at Boulogne,
Fog in Arctic Ocean (1882); Inundation
of the Seine, Departure of Fishing Boats
(1883); Phantom Ship, Battle of Onessant
in 1778 (1884); Return of the Pilot, Ready
to put About (1885).—Bellier, i. 1012.
LEPICIÉ, NICOLAS BERNARD, born
in Paris, June 16, 1735, died there, Sept. 14,
1784. French school; history and genre
painter, pupil of Carle van Loo; became
painter to the king and professor in the
Academy. His style was formal and correct;
his works, admired in their day, were engraved
by Levasseur and others. Works:
