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 F. Cervelli, whom he accompanied to Milan; resided several years in Florence, Rome, and other Italian cities, studying and executing many works. From Vienna, where he decorated the Palace of Schönbrunn, he went to England, in the reign of Queen Anne, and during a ten years' residence painted the chapel at Bulstrode for the Duke of Portland, the hall of Burlington House, an altarpiece for the chapel of Chelsea College, and other works, some of which are at Hampton Court. In 1718 he returned to Venice, where he lived rich and honoured until his death. With a fertile invention and great facility of execution, Sebastiano excelled in imitating the great masters of the Venetian school, especially Paolo Veronese. There is much grandeur and force in his compositions, but they generally want finish; perhaps because he had more orders than he had time to fill. Among his works in Venice are: Christ appearing to the Holy Women, Academy; Resurrection, S. Geminiano; Communion of the Apostles, and St. Dominick, Corpus Domini; Massacre of the Innocents, Scuola della Carità; Baptism of Christ, and Apostles' Supper, Capucines; Madonna with Saints, S. Giorgio Maggiore; Discovery of the Cross, and Miracle of St. Francis, S. Rocco. Other works: Moses striking the Rock, Magdalen washing the Feet of Christ, Turin Gallery; Ascension, SS. Apostoli, Rome; Apostles adoring the Sacrament, S. Giustina, Padua; Continence of Scipio, Polyxenes before the Tomb of Achilles, Louvre; Venus Sleeping, National Gallery, London; A Sacrifice, Similar Subject, Ascension, Dresden Museum; Temptation of St. Anthony, Schleissheim Gallery; Battle between Romans and Sabines, Rape of the Sabine Women, Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna.—Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne.

RICCIARELLI. See Volterra.

RICCIO. See Brusasorci.

RICCIO, portrait, Raphael, Munich Gallery; wood, H. 1 ft. 9 in. × 1 ft. 4 in.; signed. Bust of a youth of the Riccio family, with straight hair falling from beneath a little black cap; background, marble columns and a meadow with a wood. Long in possession of Riccio family, Florence; bought from Trautmann, banker, by King Louis of Bavaria. Many of Michelangelo's letters are addressed to Luigi del Riccio, his intimate friend; but whether this portrait is of that individual in his youth is not certain.—Passavant, ii. 26.

RICHARD, FLEURY FRANÇOIS, born at Lyons, Feb. 25, 1777, died at Écully (Rhône), March 14, 1852. History and genre painter, pupil of David, and leader of the older romantic school of art in Lyons. L. of Honour, 1815; painter to the King, 1825; director of the Lyons School of Art, 1825. Works: St. Blandine (1801); Valentine de Milan (1802); Blind Man's Buff, Francis I., Charles VII. leaving Agnes Sorel (1804); Vert-Vert (1804), Lyons Museum; Bayard consecrating his Arms to the Virgin, St. Louis (1807); Henri IV. and Gabrielle d'Estrées, Jacques Molay going to the Scaffold (1808); Funeral of Henri IV. in St. Denis, Louis XIV. and Mlle. de la Vallière, Mlle. de la Vallière as a Carmelite, Gil Blas and Canon Sedillo (1814); Mary Queen of Scots; Duchesse de Montmorency at the Monastery of Moulins (1817), Hermitage of Vaucouleurs (1819), formerly Luxembourg Museum; Montaigne visiting Tasso (1822), Lyons Museum; Tanneguy-Duchatel saving the Dauphin; Death of Talmont at Pavia (1823); Louis de la Tremouille (1824); Comminge and Adelaide (1846).—Bellier, ii. 372; Larousse; Meyer, Gesch., 150.

RICHARD, THÉODORE, born at Millau (Aveyron), Nov. 24, 1782, died at Toulouse, Dec. 10, 1859. Landscape and porcelain painter, pupil of Bertin, Aubry, and Ingres. Medals: 2d class, 1831; L. of Honour, 1854. Works: Don Quixote and Sancho, River Tarn, Wood-Choppers, Crossing the Brook, Pic du Midi near Pau, Forest of