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 probably in Venice, where he was influenced by the works of Titian and Tintoretto, his style being somewhat like the latter's. In 1603 he was appointed prebendary of the chapel at Olivárez, whence commonly called El Clérigo Roélas, but lived at Madrid and Seville until 1624, when he removed to Olivárez. Cean Bermudez gives a list of his pictures. Among his best works are the Death of St. Isidore, S. Isidoro, Seville; Martyrdom of St. Andrew, Seville Museum; Santiago at Battle of Clavigo, Cathedral of Seville; Moses striking the Rock, Madrid Museum; Conception, Dresden Gallery; Communion of St. Theresa, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Viardot, 180; Stirling, i. 449; Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Madrazo, 563.

ROELOFS, WILLEM, born in Amsterdam, March 10, 1822. Landscape painter, pupil in Utrecht of A. H. Winter, and at The Hague of H. van de Saude-Bakhuysen; settled in Brussels in 1848. Orders of Leopold and of Francis Joseph, 1858; Officer Order of Oaken Crown, 1860. Works: View near Abcoude, do. near The Hague, Museum, Amsterdam; Two Landscapes, Museum Fodor, ib.; Landscape with Cattle, Rotterdam Museum; Landscape with Sheep, H. P. Kidder, Boston; Dutch Meadow; After the Rain; Banks of the Gain; Landscape near Vreeland; Forest in Autumn, Liège Museum; Dutch Village (1883).—Immerzeel, iii. 22; Kramm, v. 1376; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xviii. 823; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xix. 261.

ROEPEL, KOENRAAD, born at The Hague, Nov. 6, 1678, died there, Nov. 4, 1748. Dutch school; portrait, fruit, and flower painter, pupil of Constantin Netscher; followed afterwards the manner of Jan van Huysum, and in his best efforts approached him closely. Works: Flower-Piece, Fruit-Piece, Amsterdam Museum; Fruit and Flower-Piece, Cassel Gallery; Flower-Piece, Dresden Gallery.—Immerzeel, iii. 22; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 549.

ROETH, PHILIPP, born in Darmstadt, March 10, 1841. Landscape painter, pupil in Darmstadt (1857-59) of A. Lucas and Karl Seeger, in Carlsruhe (1859-60) of J. W. Schirmer, and in Darmstadt (1861) of Paul Weber; went to Düsseldorf, and in 1870 settled in Munich. Works: Banks of the Amper; View in the Odenwald; do. on the Main; Rainy Weather; Landscape with Cattle (1882).—Zeitschr. f. b. K., xvii. 260.

ROGER, ADOLPHE, born at Palaiseau (Seine-et-Oise) in 1800, died in Paris, Feb., 1880. History and genre painter, pupil of Gros. Medals: 2d class, 1822; 1st class, 1831; L. of Honour, 1841. Works: Village Funeral (1822); Taking the Veil (1831); Revolution of 1793 in Rome (1833); Duc d'Orléans working in Trenches of Antwerp (1834); Charles V. returning to the Louvre (1835), Trianon Palace; Battle of Civitella (1842), Versailles Museum; Christmas (1843); St. Claire receiving her Sister into her Order (1845); Virgin with Violets (1847); Two Nuns, Providence turning aside War (1855); Human Justice, Divine Pity (1857).—Bellier, ii. 405; Larousse.

ROGER, EUGÈNE, born at Sens (Yonne) in 1807, died in Paris, July 29, 1840. History painter, pupil of Hersent and of Ingres; won the second prize in 1829, and the grand prix de Rome in 1833; great gold medal, Paris, 1837. Works: Jacob refusing to deliver Benjamin (1829); Moses and the Brazen Serpent (1833); Finding of the Body of Charles the Bold (1837), Nancy Museum; Charlemagne crossing the Alps (1837), Raising of Siege of Salerno—1016 (1839), Versailles Museum; Preaching of St. John in the Desert (1840).—Bellier, ii. 406; Nagler, xiii. 311.

RÖGGE, WILHELM, born at Osterkappeln, Hanover, in 1829. History and genre