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- binski (1852); Artist's Mother (1853);
Prince Sapieha; Count Raczynski (1859); Sigismund sanctioning Privileges of Nobility (1872); War without Fight; Galician Peasants at Church (1857); Battle near Choczym in 1673; King Sobieski receiving Envoy from Vienna (1861); A Preacher (1873).—Wurzbach, xxvi. 218.
RODDE, KARL GUSTAV, born in Dantzic,
Aug. 29, 1830. Landscape painter, pupil
of Johann Karl Schultz, then of Düsseldorf
Academy (1852-57) under Schirmer
and Gude; studied in 1857 at Munich and in
1858-61 in Rome. After his return he lived
in Weimar and is now (1885) in Berlin.
Works: Olivia; After Sunset; Valley Solitude,
National Gallery, Berlin; Landscape
with Castle and Village, Wiesbaden Gallery.—Müller,
445.
RODDELSTEDT, PETER, called Gottland.
German school; history and portrait
painter, pupil of Cranach, the elder; flourished
in 1548-72 at Weimar, where he became
court painter to the Elector John Frederic
in 1553.—Allgem. d. Biogr., ix. 486;
Nagler, Mon., iv. 884; W. & W., ii. 433.
RODE, CHRISTIAN BERNHARD, born
in Berlin in 1725, died there, June 24, 1797.
German school; history painter, pupil of
Antoine Pesne in Berlin and Carle van Loo
in Paris; studied afterwards in Rome and
Venice, and became director of the Berlin
Academy in 1783. He was the most notable
native historical painter at the court
of Frederick the Great, for whom he executed
a number of pictures in palaces and
churches. Works: Ceilings in New Palace
of Sans Souci, Potsdam; Descent from the
Cross, St. Mary's, Berlin.—Fiorillo, iii. 401;
Kugler (Crowe), ii. 554; Nagler, xiii. 270;
Reber, i. 54.
RODRIGUEZ, ST., Murillo, Dresden Gallery;
canvas, H. 7 ft. 4 in. × 4 ft. 10 in.
Standing before a balustrade, wearing a rich
chasuble, a palm in his left hand, his right
outstretched, looking up to a cherub about
to crown him with a wreath of flowers.
Louis Philippe sale (1853), £210. Engraved
by Buchel; Th. Langer; etched by H. Bürkner;
lithographed by Julien.—Curtis, 266;
Athenæum (1853), 657.
ROED, JÖRGEN, born at Ringsted, on
Zealand, Jan. 13, 1808.
Genre and portrait
painter, pupil of Copenhagen
Academy under
Hansen; went in
1837 to Italy, where he
painted altarpieces and
copied after Raphael;
returned in 1842, became
member of Copenhagen
Academy in 1844 and professor
in 1862; Copied the Sistine Madonna in
Dresden in 1851, and visited Italy again in
1861. Danebrog Order, 1878. Works:
Departure from Custom House (1835); View
in Royal Garden at Frederiksborg (1836);
Interior of Cathedral at Ribe (1837); Winter
View of Cathedral in Roeskilde; Girl
with Fruits (1835), Zealand Mowers after
Work (1850), Girls at a Font (1851), Family
Life of Fishermen (1855), Portrait of Artist's
Mother (1849), do. of Marstrand
(1873), Copenhagen Gallery; Crucifixion
(1866), Royal Chapel, Frederiksborg. His
son, Holger Peter (born Nov. 2, 1846, died
Feb. 20, 1874), was a talented history painter,
pupil of his father and of Copenhagen
Academy; won great gold medals in 1867-70;
visited Paris, Rome, and Naples in 1870-72.—Sig.
Müller, 281; Weilbach, 585.
ROEDER, JULIUS (SIGISMUND), born
in Berlin, Sept. 5, 1824, died there, July 31,
1860. Genre painter, pupil of Herbig, and
of Berlin Academy; studied nature in the
Hartz Mountains and Thuringia; grief over
his young wife's death made him insane.
Gold medal, Berlin, 1850. Works: Last
Blessing (1850); Grape Seller, National Gallery,
Berlin.—Jordan (1885), ii. 188.
ROÉLAS, JUAN DE LAS, born in Seville about 1558-60, died at Olivárez, April 23, 1625. Spanish school; supposed son of Admiral Pedro de las Roélas; received a university education; studied painting