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 RIXENS on the Cotswolcls, and Road to Gloucester. In 1876 he received a medal at Philadel- phia. Obtained much re- pute in 1866 by the Poach- er's Nurse. Elected an AR.A. in 1878, and R.A. in 1881. Works: Strayed from the Flock, Long Sleep (1866) ; Charity (1870); CTree and the Com- panions of Ulysses, Come Back (1871) ; Daniel in the Den of Lions (1872) ; Argus (1873) ; Apollo (1874) ; War Time, Last of the Garrison (1875) ; A Stem Chase, Swineherd's Dogs, Pallas Athenso (1876) ; Legend of St. Patrick, Lazarus (1877) ; Lions, Sympathy, An Anxious Mo- ment, Victims (1878) ; Poacher's Widow, In manus tuas Domine (1879); Night- Watch, Endymion, Last Spoonful (1880); Envy, Ha- tred and Malice, Hope Deferred, Roman Holiday, Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (1881) ; The King Drinks, Magician's Doorway (1882); Giants at Play, Herd of Swine, Old Playfellows, Last of the Crew (1883) ; Eve of St. Bartholomew, King and his Satellites, Actseon, Enchanted Castle (1884) ; Stolen Kisses, After Naseby, Sheepstealers, Vse Victis (1885) ; Rizpah, Union is Strength, The Exile (1886). Art Journal (1878), 5, 145 ; Meynell, 141 ; Portfolio (1880), 141. RIXENS, JEAN ANDRti, born at Saint- Gaudens (Haute-Garonne) ; contemporary. History and portrait painter, pupil of Gt> rome. Medals : 3d class, 1871 ; 2d class, 1881. Works : Morning Farewell (1868) ; Death of Cleopatra ; Caesar's Body ; May Jane (1879) ; Harvesters in the Pyrenees (1880) ; Death of Agrippina (1881) ; Head of Old Man (1882); Glory (1883); Coquetry, Study (1884) ; Don Juan (1886). RIZI, FRANCISCO, born in Madrid in 1608, died in the Escorial, Aug. 2, 1685. Spanish school ; son of Antonio Rizi, a painter of Bologna, who accompanied Fe- derigo Zucchero to Spain in 1585 ; pupil of Vincenzio Carducho. Appointed in 1653 670 painter to Cathedral of Toledo, and in 1G56 painter to Philip IV., an honour which ho enjoyed also under Charles H A very rapid worker, who painted many superficial pictures in Madrid and Toledo, and did much to aid the decline of art in Spain. Works: Au- fTr to da Fe in LJr J. . . 1680, Por- J X^^-% trait of a <*S General, Madrid Museum. Stirling, ii. 696 ; Viardot, 272 ; Madrazo, 554. RIZI, Fray JUAN, born in Madrid in 1595, died at Monte Cassiuo, Italy, in 1675. Spanish school ; brother of Francisco Rizi, pupil of Juan Bautista Mayuo ; in 1626 be- came a Benedictine monk at Montserrat, and, after filling several conventual offices, was made abbot of Medina del Campo. Painted many altarpieces and religious pict- ures, and won so much fame for hia talents and his piety that all the houses of his order were anxious to have him as an in- mate. In his old age he went to Italy, and the Pope conferred on him an Italian bish- opric, but he did not live to take it. Work : St. Francis receiving the Stigmata, Madrid Museum. Stirling, ii. 693 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole espagnole ; Viardot, 270 ; Madrazo, 561. RIZO. See Francem-o da Santa Croce. RIZPAH, Georges Jtttivr, canvas. The seven sons of Saul, whom David delivered to the Gibeonites to be hanged to avert the famine, are seen suspended from a lofty gibbet, beneath which Rizpah is fighting away a large eagle, come to prey upon the dead (2 Sam., xxi. 10). Painted in 1873 ; Philadelphia Exhibition, 1876. Art Gal. PhiL Ex., 33. By Joseph M. W. Turner, National Gal- lery, London ; canvas, H. 3 ft x 4 ft. Riz- pah watching the bodies of her sons. Tur- ner Collection. Engraved, with alterations, in Liber Studiorum. Cat. Nat. Gal. RIZZONI, ALESSANDRO, born at Riga, Jan. 23, 1836. Genre painter, pupil of St Petersburg Academy, where he won the grand prize in 1860 ; visited Germany, Bel-