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at Rome in 1769; returned to Paris, won the 2d prix in 1775 and the grand prix de Rome in 1776, with his Alexander and Diogenes. Member French Academy, 1783; professor in 1795; received the title of baron in 1819. His school was for a time the rival of that of David. Among his pupils were Hersent, Guérin, Blondel, Boissellier, and Richomme. Works: Baptism of Christ (1776); Education of <iAchilles/i> (1783), Descent from the Cross (1789), Pygmalion and Venus (1785), Origin of Painting, Three Graces, Louvre; Death of Priam (1785), Amiens Museum; Cupid and Psyche, The Three Graces, Angers Museum; Education of Achilles (sketch for painting in Louvre), Avignon Museum; Deluge, Compiègne Palace; Pygmalion in Love with his Statue, Fontainebleau Palace; Orestes and Iphigenia meeting in Tauris (1787), Marseilles Museum; Male Heads (2), Montpellier Museum; Young Girl, Orléans Museum; The Senate receiving the Flags captured in the Campaign against Austria (1808), Marriage of Prince Jérôme Bonaparte (1810), Death of General Desaix at Marengo, Portrait of Comte Montalivet (1810), Versailles Museum; A Genius showing to France Liberty or Death (1795), Kunsthalle, Hamburg.—Bellier, ii. 351; Ch. Blanc, École française; Journal des Artistes, 1829; Lejeune, Guide, i. 387; L'Universel (1829), No. 339; Meyer, Gesch., 77; Quatremère de Quincy, Notice historique sur la vie, etc. (Paris, 1834); Villot, Cat. Louvre.


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REGNIER, JACQUES AUGUSTIN, born in Paris, Aug. 28, 1787, died there, June 2, 1860. Landscape painter, pupil of Victor Bertin. Medals: 2d class, 1819; 1st class, 1828; L. of Honour, 1837. Works: Woods in Puy; Coucy-le-Château; Paris from the Champ de Mars; King Arthur's Tomb; Monks Praying; Joan of Arc, Fontainebleau Gallery; Cemetery of Royat; Bridge of Batigny, Drinking-Place at Pierrefonds (1834); Saint-Jean-au-Bois; Forest of Compiègne, Ruins of Pierrefonds (1835); View in Forest of Compiègne (1836); View near the Grande Chartreuse of Grenoble (1850), Chartres Museum; Entrance to Forest, Arras Museum; Carthusian Monastery in Auvergne, Toulouse Museum.—Bellier, ii. 353.


REGULUS LEAVING ROME, Joseph M. W. Turner, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 3 ft. × 4 ft. Marcus Atilius Regulus was allowed by the Carthaginians to go back to Rome, after five years' captivity, in order to negotiate a peace, promising to return if unsuccessful. He advised the Senate not to make peace, and, fulfilling his promise, was put to death, about B.C. 250. Painted in Rome, 1829; British Institute, 1837; Turner Collection. Engraved by D. Wilson; S. Bradshaw in Turner Gallery.


REHBERG, FRIEDRICH, born at Hanover, Oct. 22, 1758, died in Munich, Aug. 20, 1835. History and portrait painter, pupil in Leipsic of Oeser and in Dresden of Casanova and Schenau; went in 1777 to Rome, where he studied the old masters under Mengs and was closely allied with David; returned to Hanover in 1783, and painted many portraits; went as instructor in drawing to Dessau in 1784, became member of Berlin Academy in 1786, and professor in 1787; went again to Rome and in 1791 to Naples, visited London in 1813-14, and left Rome in 1820 to settle in Munich. Works: Belisarius (1790, prize, Berlin Academy); Œdipus and Antigone (twice); Cain's Fratricide; Julius Sabinus (twice); Bacchus, Cupid, and Bathyllus (8 times); Orpheus and Eurydice (2); Jupiter and Venus (twice);