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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