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 Academy, in 1862-66, and of Aagaard; travelled in Denmark in 1865-67, visited Greenland in 1870, Italy in 1872, England and Paris in 1878. Works: View near Skagen (1863); Coast Views (1864); Midnight on Coast of Greenland (1872), Copenhagen Gallery; Dance of Greenlanders (1872); Father and Son, Winter in Greenland (1874); Grandfather with the Little Ones (1875);	June Day in Godthaabs Fjord (1878); Vessels in Morning after Storm (1878), Winter Evening near Fjord in Greenland (1883), Copenhagen Gallery.—Sig. Müller, 285; Weilbach, 577.

RATGEB, JERG, born at Schwäbisch Gmünd, Bavaria; flourished early part of 16th century. German school; history painter, one of the ablest masters of the Suabian school, whose works have generally been erroneously attributed to one Schwed. Works: Altarpiece (1519), Stiftskirche Herrenberg, Würtemberg; Cycle in fresco from Creation of World to Last Judgment (1514), Carmelites, Frankfort; Coloured Drawings of do., Städel Gallery, ib.—Kunst-Chronik, xviii. 482; xix. 301.

RÄTZER, HELLMUTH, born at Neutarnow, Brandenburg, in 1838. Landscape painter, studied first in Berlin, then for twelve years in Düsseldorf under Oswald Achenbach, settled in Carlsruhe, whence he visited Germany, Switzerland, Tyrol, and Italy. Lives now in Düsseldorf. Works: Mountain Brook in the Ramsau; View on the Dachstein; The High Göll near Berchtesgaden; Pine Wood (1876); Views in the Hartz Mountains and on Isle of Rügen; Evening on Isle of Rügen, Carlsruhe Gallery; Coast View on Rügen (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886).—Müller, 431.

RÄUBER, WILHELM (KARL), born at Marienwerder, West Prussia, July 11, 1849. Genre and portrait painter, pupil of Königsberg Academy, then (1872) of Wilhelm Diez in Munich, where he settled. Medal, Munich, 1883. Works: Hunting Privilege in Olden Times, Horse Bargain (1879); On By-Ways (1880); Travelling in Good and Bad Weather (1880); Rest (1881); Excursion; Scene before Tavern (1882); Surrender of Warsaw in 1656 (1883); Festive Entry of the Bride, Falcon Chase in 18th Century (1884).—Allgem. K. C., viii. 586; Illustr. Zeitg. (1880), i. 299; Kunst. Chronik, xix. 645; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xxi. 745; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xvii. 324; xix. 135.

RAUPP, KARL, born in Darmstadt, March 2, 1837. Genre and landscape painter, pupil in Frankfort of Städel Institute under Jakob Becker, then of Munich Academy under Piloty (1860-66); became professor at the Industrial Art School at Nuremberg in 1868, but afterwards returned to Munich. Works: Two Mothers; Return of Country Postwoman on Christmas Eve; Mid-day Bell during Harvest (1866); Sunday Morning in Hesse; Falling Leaves; Rain in May; Return Home before Storm; The Prussians are Coming! General Military Duty; At Home; Secret Farewell; Peasant Girl Resting under a Tree, Darmstadt Museum; Thunder-Storm; On the Silent Waves; Hour of Chatting; A Storm is Coming! (1882), Dresden Museum; Boating on Chiem Lake (1883); Merry Journey (1884); Ave Maria; Safely Landed, (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886).—Illustr. Zeitg. (1883), i. 491; ii. 97; La Ilustracion (1883), ii. 275; Kunst-Chronik, xviii. 308; N. illustr. Zeitg. (1885), i. 288; Land und Meer (1869), i. 11; (1880), i. 169.

RAVANA, DEATH OF, Fernand Cormon, bought by the State. The result of the struggle between the ten-headed and twenty-armed giant Ravana and Rama (Vishnu in