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 *binski (1852); Artist's Mother (1853); Prince Sapieha; Count Raczynski (1859); Sigismund sanctioning Privileges of Nobility (1872); War without Fight; Galician Peasants at Church (1857); Battle near Choczym in 1673; King Sobieski receiving Envoy from Vienna (1861); A Preacher (1873).—Wurzbach, xxvi. 218.

RODDE, KARL GUSTAV, born in Dantzic, Aug. 29, 1830. Landscape painter, pupil of Johann Karl Schultz, then of Düsseldorf Academy (1852-57) under Schirmer and Gude; studied in 1857 at Munich and in 1858-61 in Rome. After his return he lived in Weimar and is now (1885) in Berlin. Works: Olivia; After Sunset; Valley Solitude, National Gallery, Berlin; Landscape with Castle and Village, Wiesbaden Gallery.—Müller, 445.

RODDELSTEDT, PETER, called Gottland. German school; history and portrait painter, pupil of Cranach, the elder; flourished in 1548-72 at Weimar, where he became court painter to the Elector John Frederic in 1553.—Allgem. d. Biogr., ix. 486; Nagler, Mon., iv. 884; W. & W., ii. 433.

RODE, CHRISTIAN BERNHARD, born in Berlin in 1725, died there, June 24, 1797. German school; history painter, pupil of Antoine Pesne in Berlin and Carle van Loo in Paris; studied afterwards in Rome and Venice, and became director of the Berlin Academy in 1783. He was the most notable native historical painter at the court of Frederick the Great, for whom he executed a number of pictures in palaces and churches. Works: Ceilings in New Palace of Sans Souci, Potsdam; Descent from the Cross, St. Mary's, Berlin.—Fiorillo, iii. 401; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 554; Nagler, xiii. 270; Reber, i. 54.

RODRIGUEZ, ST., Murillo, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 7 ft. 4 in. × 4 ft. 10 in. Standing before a balustrade, wearing a rich chasuble, a palm in his left hand, his right outstretched, looking up to a cherub about to crown him with a wreath of flowers. Louis Philippe sale (1853), £210. Engraved by Buchel; Th. Langer; etched by H. Bürkner; lithographed by Julien.—Curtis, 266; Athenæum (1853), 657.

ROED, JÖRGEN, born at Ringsted, on Zealand, Jan. 13, 1808. Genre and portrait painter, pupil of Copenhagen Academy under Hansen; went in 1837 to Italy, where he painted altarpieces and copied after Raphael; returned in 1842, became member of Copenhagen Academy in 1844 and professor in 1862; Copied the Sistine Madonna in Dresden in 1851, and visited Italy again in 1861. Danebrog Order, 1878. Works: Departure from Custom House (1835); View in Royal Garden at Frederiksborg (1836); Interior of Cathedral at Ribe (1837); Winter View of Cathedral in Roeskilde; Girl with Fruits (1835), Zealand Mowers after Work (1850), Girls at a Font (1851), Family Life of Fishermen (1855), Portrait of Artist's Mother (1849), do. of Marstrand (1873), Copenhagen Gallery; Crucifixion (1866), Royal Chapel, Frederiksborg. His son, Holger Peter (born Nov. 2, 1846, died Feb. 20, 1874), was a talented history painter, pupil of his father and of Copenhagen Academy; won great gold medals in 1867-70; visited Paris, Rome, and Naples in 1870-72.—Sig. Müller, 281; Weilbach, 585.

ROEDER, JULIUS (SIGISMUND), born in Berlin, Sept. 5, 1824, died there, July 31, 1860. Genre painter, pupil of Herbig, and of Berlin Academy; studied nature in the Hartz Mountains and Thuringia; grief over his young wife's death made him insane. Gold medal, Berlin, 1850. Works: Last Blessing (1850); Grape Seller, National Gallery, Berlin.—Jordan (1885), ii. 188.

ROÉLAS, JUAN DE LAS, born in Seville about 1558-60, died at Olivárez, April 23, 1625. Spanish school; supposed son of Admiral Pedro de las Roélas; received a university education; studied painting