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from an Excursion, Scholar in his Study (1847), Ravené Gallery, Berlin; Mozart's First Opera, Marietta Tintoretto (1850); Bernard Palissy, Poussin, Absence, Tintoretto (1855); Rembrandt's Studio (1857), St. Petersburg Academy; Palissy studying Geology, Claude Lorrain in the Forum (1857); Incident of Civil War of the Fronde, Montaigne, Delaroche's Studio in 1856 (1859); Hosanna (1859), Ravené Gallery, Berlin; Portrait of a Girl (1861); Christ washing Apostles' Feet (1863); St. John Baptist (1864); Van der Neer painting Moonlight (1866); St. Francis of Assisi and the Birds (1867); Music, Epic Poetry, Light Literature, History (1870); St. Vincent de Paul receiving Extreme Unction (1874), Chapel in Dourdan; Christ in the Tomb, Descent from the Cross, Studio of a Flower Painter (1875); St. Thomas Aquinas (1877); Hill of Vachon at Argenteuil, Hill of Orgemont (1879); Promontory of Porspoder, The Minou near Brest (1880); Saint Michel-Sousgland (1881); The Stairs at Brest (1882); Gravel-Pits of Sannois (1883); St. Veronica (1884); twenty-four frescos in St. Magdalen, Rouen.—Bellier, ii. 435; Larousse.
ROUX DE ROUX, MAÎTRE. See
Rosso.
ROVERE, ELEONORA GONZAGA
DELLA, Duchess of Urbino, portrait, Titian,
Uffizi, Florence; canvas, figure half-length,
life-size. Same history as the following.—C.
& C., Titian, i. 413; Dennistoun,
Dukes of Urbino, iii. 48, 372, 437, 442.
ROVERE, FRANCESCO DELLA, Duke
of Urbino, portrait, Titian, Uffizi, Florence;
canvas, figure half-length, life-size; signed.
In armour, with a plumed helmet and emblems
of his rank in a niche behind. Painted
in 1537, when the Duke had gone to
Venice to assume command as generalissimo
against the Turks. Passed from Urbino to
Florence on extinction of house of Urbino
in 1631.—C. & C., Titian, i. 411; Dennistoun,
Dukes of Urbino, iii. 58, 371, 437,
442; Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 443; Gall. di Firenze,
i. No. 25.
ROVEREDO, BATTLE OF, Clarkson
Stanfield, London; canvas. Fought in September,
1796, by Massena and Augereau,
against Davidovich, who was guarding the
Tyrol with 40,000 men. In foreground, the
French infantry are fording the Adige, and
in distance are again seen passing the bridge,
under fire from batteries; on the right, the
fortress; on left, inhabitants flying from
their houses; background, the snow-clad
Alps. Royal Academy, 1851. At E. J. Coleman
sale (1881), £3,465.—Art Journal
(1851), 156.
ROVIALE. See Rubiales.
ROWSE, SAMUEL WORCESTER, born
at Bath, Me., Jan. 29, 1822. Figure and
portrait painter, self taught; best known
by his portraits in crayons and his ideal
heads, many of which have been reproduced
by photography and other processes. Works
in oil by him, chiefly ideal heads and figures,
are owned by Frederic E. Church,
Daniel Huntington, William H. Osborn, and
M. K. Jesup, New York; Dr. Estes Howe,
and Peter C. Brooks, Boston; and Knight
Cheney, Manchester, Conn.
ROY, JEAN BAPTISTE DE, born in
Brussels, March 29, 1759, died there, Jan.
7, 1839. Landscape and animal painter;
studied after the old Dutch masters. Works:
Cattle Herd in Stormy Landscape, Brussels
Museum; Cows crossing Pool at Sunrise
(1804), Ghent Museum; Landscape with
Figures and Animals (1790), Gotha Museum;
Dead Game and Fruits, do., and Boy
with Dog, Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna.—Michiels,
x. 564.
ROY, MARIUS, born at Lyons; contemporary.
Genre and portrait painter, pupil
of Boulanger and of Jules Lefèbvre. Medal,
3d class, 1883. Works: In Ambush (1881);
Do not Stir! (1882); In Quarters (1883);
Corvée de Rétamage (1884); Before the
Duel (1885); Poverty's Share (1886).
ROYBET, FERDINAND (VICTOR
LÉON), born at Uzès (Gard), April 20,
1840. Figure painter, pupil in Lyons of
École des Beaux Arts; settled in Paris,