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Vienna (1685), then under Carlotto in Venice; settled in Vienna, where he was court painter to Leopold I., Joseph I., and Charles VI. Works: Iphigenia in Aulis, Museum, Vienna; St. Charles Borromeo (1728), Holy Family, St. Michael, St. Francis, St. Stephen's, ib.; Ceiling in fresco (1708), Liechtenstein Palace, ib.; do., Magistracy, ib.; several pictures, Joanneum, Gratz. Frescos: Cupola and Chapel ceilings, St. Peter's, Vienna; do., St. Charles Borromeo's, ib.; do. (1696), Jesuit Church, Breslau; other works in Cathedral at Passau, Carmelites at Ratisbon, and other places in Bavaria.—Lipowski, ii. 50; Wurzbach, xxvii. 171; Kunst-Chronik, xx. 754.
ROUFFIO, PAUL, born at Marseilles;
contemporary. History and genre painter,
pupil of Cabanel and of Chazzal. Medal,
3d class, 1879. Works: Courtesan (1873);
Samson and Delilah (1874), Marseilles Museum;
Herodias (1875); Circe, Fanchon
(1876); Truth, Mademoiselle la neige (1877);
Trio of Masks in Don Juan (1878); Comedy,
Olympus (1879); Carmen, Violin of Séraphine
(1880); Avarice, Coffee coming to the
Rescue of the Muse (1881); Hour of the
Bath, Soap Bubbles (1882); Letter to the
Betrothed, Bottom of the Cup (1883); Disagreement
about the Route, Pandora (1884);
On Pilgrimage, No Vocation (1885); Return
from the Ball, Misé Castagne (1886).
ROUGET, GEORGES, born in Paris,
May 2, 1784, died there, April 9, 1869.
History and portrait painter, pupil and imitator
of David. Won 2d prize for painting
in 1802. He often assisted David in the
execution of his works, and painted a copy
of the Coronation of Napoleon, signed by
David, which was exhibited in America.
Medals: 2d class, 1814; 1st class, 1855;
L. of Honour, 1822. Works: French
Princes paying Homage at the Cradle of
the King of Rome (1812), Death of St.
Louis (1817), Versailles Museum; Ecce
Homo (1819), Church of St. Gervais, Paris;
Œdipus and Antigone on Mount Cytheron
(1819), Rouen Museum; Francis I. pardoning
Rebels of La Rochelle (1822); Christ
on the Mount (1824), St. Nicolas des Champs,
Paris; St. Louis receiving at Ptolemais the
Envoys of the Old Man of the Mountain
(1819), St. Louis as Mediator between Henry
III. of England and his Barons (1820), Assembly
of the Notables at Rouen in 1596
(1822), Henri IV. at Siege of Paris (1824),
St. Louis rendering Justice under the Oak
at Vincennes (1826), Versailles Museum;
Henri IV. abjuring Protestantism (1833);
Marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise,
1810 (1837), Napoleon receiving the Decree
of the Senate proclaiming him Emperor
(1838), St. Louis landing at Damietta
(1839), Versailles Museum; Death of Napoleon
(1846); Titus in Judea, Vitellius
giving Christians to Wild Beasts (1847);
Last Moments of Napoleon, Henri IV. and
his Children (1850); Marshal Soult and
Souvenirs of the Empire (1853); Soult in
his Office, Incident of War in Italy, Committee
of Artists at the Death-Bed of an
Artist (1861); Christ and the Virgin (1866);
Assumption, St. Germain l'Auxerrois, Paris;
St. Louis pardoning Pierre de Bretagne, St.
Louis prisoner in Egypt, Fontainebleau Palace;
Death of Marshal Lannes, Douai Museum;
Portrait of General Meunier, Besançon
Museum; do. of Louis XVIII. (1817),
Rheims Museum; Portraits of Clovis III.,
Charles III, of nine Marshals of France,
and of sixteen Generals and others, Versailles
Museum.—Bellier, ii. 424; Larousse;
Meyer, Gesch., 169.
ROUGET DE L'ISLE, Isidore Pils, Luxembourg
Museum; canvas, H 2 ft. 3 in. ×
3 ft. Rouget de l'Isle singing the Marseillaise
for the first time, in the house of Dietrich,
Mayor of Strasbourg. Salon, 1849.
ROUILLARD, JEAN SÉBASTIEN, born
in Paris in 1789, died there in 1852. History
and portrait painter, pupil of David.
Medals: 2d class, 1822; 1st class, 1827;
L. of Honour. Works: Alexander supporting
Lysimachus (1819); Portrait of General
Bonaparte (1836), Portraits of Marshals
Schomberg, Bellefonds, Macdonald (1837),