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others of the painter's scholars, and their wives. Replicas, with changes, in Dresden, Vienna, and Gotha Galleries, and in Collection of Duke of Pastrana, Madrid. Engraved by Jegher; Clouwet; Lempereur.—Smith, ii. 132, 166; Madrazo; Klas. der Malerei, Pl. 5.


LOVE, HAPPY, Paolo Veronese, Cobham Hall, England; canvas, 5 ft. 10 in. sq. Cupid leading a man and a woman to an undraped female figure seated on a globe, who holds an oak wreath over the woman's head; behind, a dog. One of four allegorical pictures. From collection of Queen Christina of Sweden to Orleans Gallery; valued at sale in 1793 at £200, sold for 60 guineas. Engraved by L. Desplaces; Beljambe.—Waagen, Treasures, ii. 499; iii. 20; Cab. Crozat, ii. Pl. 26; Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne.


Birth of Love, Eustache Lesueur, Louvre, Paris.

LOVE, HISTORY OF, Eustache Lesueur, Louvre, Paris. Series of six pictures, painted about 1650 for the Cabinet de l'Amour of the Hôtel Lambert, Paris; acquired about 1776 by Louis XVI., from whose collection they passed to the Louvre. The first five composed the ceiling, the sixth was above the fire-place. 1. Birth of Love (wood, H. 6 ft. × 4 ft. 2 in.). Engraved by Desplaces; Landon. 2. Venus presents Love to Jupiter (wood, H. 3 ft. 3 in. × 6 ft. 6 in.). Engraved by Desplaces; Landon; Filhol. 3. Love, reprimanded by his mother, takes refuge in the arms of Ceres (canvas, H. 3 ft. 3 in. × 8 ft.). Engraved by Desplaces; Landon. 4. Love receives the homage of the Gods (wood, H. 3 ft. 3 in. × 6 ft. 6 in.). Engraved by Desplaces; Landon; Filhol. 5. Love commands Mercury to announce his power to the Universe (wood, H. 3 ft. 3 in. × 8 ft.). Engraved by Landon; Filhol. 6. Love steals Jupiter's thunderbolt (canvas, round, diam. 4 ft. 6 in.). Engraved by Beauvais; Landon; Filhol.—Villot, Cat. Louvre; Landon, Musée, VI. 9.


Sacrifice to Love, Caspar Netscher, Uffizi, Florence.

LOVE, SACRIFICE TO, Caspar Netscher, Uffizi, Florence; wood, H. 1 ft. 11 in. × 1 ft. 7 in.; signed, dated 1668. A lady, dressed in white satin, is seated playing the lute in a garden decorated with statuary; at her

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