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RAPHAEL DES PORCEAUX. See Jacque.
RAPHAEL LEAVING TOBIAS, Rembrandt,
Louvre; wood, H. 2 ft. 3 in. × 1 ft.
9 in.; signed, dated 1637. Above, the angel
Raphael in full flight heavenward, his
back to the spectator; below, at left, Sarah
wife of Tobias, and Anna her mother, standing
at the entrance to the house, with hands
clasped in astonishment; in front of them
a dog, and at the foot of the steps, Tobias
and his father Tobit, the latter prostrate.
Engraved by Denon; J. de Frey; A. and E.
Varin; Malbête in Musée français.—Landon,
Musée, vi. Pl. 3.
Raphael Leaving Tobias, Rembrandt, Louvre.
RAPHON (pronounced Rap-hon), JOHAN,
flourished at Elmbeck, lower Saxony,
early part of 16th century, died in 1528.
German school. The heads in his pictures
are strong and individual, but wanting in
feeling. Works: Two Altar Wings (1503),
Collection Hausmann, Hanover; Resurrection,
Brunswick Gallery; Crucifixion (1508),
Halberstadt Cathedral.—Kugler, Kl. Schr.,
i. 486; Nagler, xii. 294; W. & W., ii. 435.
RAPIN, ALEXANDRE, born at Noroy-le-Bourg
(Haute
Saône); contemporary.
Landscape painter,
pupil of Gérôme,
Français, Gleyre,
and Lancrenon.
Medals: 3d class,
1875; 2d class, 1877;
L. of Honour, 1884.
Works: Sarrazin
Brook at Nans-Lison (1867), Besançon Museum;
Shore of a Pond, Ravine of Puits-Noir
(1874); The Val-Bois in November
(1878); Morning in Val-Bois, The River
Loue at Scey (1879); End of Autumn, Mill
at Cressonières (1880); Winter in the Woods
at Cernay, Morning at Froeschwiller (1881);
The Black Pits, River in Franche-Comté
(1882); A Shower, An Inlet (1883); November
(1884); Banks of the Doubs, Path
(1885); Indian Summer, Evening (1886).—Bellier,
ii. 343.
RAPISARDI, MICHELE, born at Catania,
Sicily; contemporary. History and genre
painter of talent, whose works show careful
study of the old masters. Professor.
Works: Cola Rienzi among the Ruins of
Rome (1867); Hamlet's Monologue; The
Troubadour; Lady as Ophelia; Girl of Catania,
Museo Civico, Turin.—Zeitschr. f. b.
K., iii. 124.
RASCH, HEINRICH; contemporary.
Genre and landscape painter. Works: Baltic
Landscape with Figures, View on English
Coast, A Confession (1882), Boating
Party, Gatherers on Coast of Lucca, Evening
in Lagoons of Venice, Morning at Viareggio
(1883).—Allgem. K. C., viii. 376; Illustr.
Zeitg. (1883), ii. 400; Kunst-Chronik,
xvii. 294; xviii. 496; Land und Meer (1884),
ii. 1044; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xix. 135.
RASMUSSEN, CARL, born at Aeröskjöbing,
Isle of Aerö, August 31, 1841. Marine
and figure painter, pupil of John Didrik
Frisch (1835-67), then of the Copenhagen