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ROELOFS probably in Venice, where he was influenced by the works of Titian and Tintoretto, his style being somewhat like the latter's. In 1G03 he was appointed prebendary of the chap- el at Olivarez, whence commonly called El Clerigo Roelas, but lived at Madrid and Seville until 1G24, when he removed to Oliviirez. 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 ; Mo- ses striking the Rock, Madrid Museum ; Conception, Dresden Gallery ; Communion of St. Theresa, Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Viardot, 180 ; Stirling, i. 449 ; Ch. Blanc, 35cole espagnole ; Madrazo, 563. ROELOFS, WILLEM, born in Amster- dam, 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 Leo- pold and of Francis Joseph, 1858 ; Officer Order of Oaken Crown, 1800. 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 ; Af- ter the Rain ; Banks of the Gain ; Landscape near Vreeland ; Forest in Autumn, Liege Museum ; Dutch Village (1883). Iinmer- zeel, iii.22 ; Kramm, v. 1376; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xviii. 823 '; Zeitschr. f. b. K, xix. 261. ROEPEL, KOENRAAD, born at The Hague, Nov. 6, 1 ? 78> d l ed 1 t ! 1 f c e ' Nov. 4, 1748. Dutch school; portrait, fruit, and lo flower painter, pupil of Constantin Netscher ; followed af- terwards the manner of Jan van Huysum, and in his best efforts approached him close- ly. Works : Flower-Piece, Fruit-Piece, Am- sterdam Museum ; Fruit and Flower-Piece, Cassel Gallery ; Flower-Piece, Dresden Gal- lery. Immerzeel, iii. 22 ; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 549. ROETH, PHTLTPP, 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 DUsseldorf, 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 Groa Medals : 2d class, 1822 ; 1st class, 1831 ; L. of Honour, 1841. Works : Vil- lage Funeral (1822); Taking the Veil (1831); Revolution of 1793 in Rome (1833) ; Due d'Orleans working in Trenches of Antweq) (1834) ; Charles V. returning to the Louvre (1835), Trianon Palace ; Battle of Civitella (1842),VersaillesMuseum;Chri8trnas(1843); St. Claire receiving her Sister into her Or- der (1845) ; Virgin with Violets (1847); Two Nuns, Providence turning aside War (1855); Human Justice, Divine Pity (1857). Bel- lier, ii. 405 ; Larousse. ROGER, EUGENE, born at Sens(Yonne) in 1807, died in Paris, July 29, 1840. His- tory 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 de- liver Benjamin (1829); Moses and the Brazen Serpent (1833) ; Finding of the Body of Charles the Bold (1837), Nancy Museum ; Charlemagne crossing the Alps (1837), Rais- ing of Siege of Salerno 1016 (1839), Ver- sailles Museum ; Preaching of Si John in the Desert (1840). Bellier, ii. 406 ; Nag- ler, xiii. 311. ROGGE, WILHELM, born at Osterkap- peln, Hanover, in 1829. History and genre