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lituati'd. When entire it confiftcd of a fquare court, with 

 a tower at one angle, whieli i» by far more ancient than any 

 other portion of the building, When, or by whom it was 

 created, is unknown : this calUe was long the property of 

 the Dennieftouas of that ilk, and aitorvvards came into the 

 pofleflion of the family of Maxwell. In this county is a 

 variety of objedts bearing the name of the renowned and 

 patriotic Wallace, who was a native of the village of El- 

 derflie, in the neighbourliood of the town of Paifley. See 

 Wallac li. 



The only other objedls of antiquarian intcreft we fliall 

 mention, are four communion cups. Hill preiervcd in Kil- 

 malcolm parifli, and which were \ifed by John Knox in ad- 

 miniltering the facrament of our Lord's fupper. They ap- 

 pear to have been originally candieiticks ; and it was perhaps 

 only from the neceflity of the times that they were converted 

 to this pious purpofe. They are of the pureft lilver ; and, 

 whether from the allociation of ideas, or their adtual falliion, 

 have a very antique and venerable appearance. Beauties 

 of Scotland, vol. iii. 8vo. 1 806. 



RENGAH, a town of Sweden, in Weft Bothnia ; 30 

 miles N.N.W. of Umea. 



RENGO, a town of Sweden, in the province of Tavall- 

 land; 8 miles S.S.W. of Tavailhus. 



RENI, GuiDO, in Bici^raphy, the principal painter of 

 the Caracci fchool, was born at Bologna in 1574. At an 

 early age he became the dilciple of Denis Calvart, a Fle- 

 ming of great reputation, but afterwards ftudied under the 

 Caracci, preferring the ilyle ot Ludovico to that of An- 

 nibal, becaiife there appeared more of grandeur and of 

 grace in his compofitions than in thole of the others. 



When he left the Caracci, he went to Rome ; and with 

 a mind intent upon forming a Ilyle of art for himfelf, itudied 

 the works of Raphael, with which he feemed enraptured ; 

 but the vigour and force with which the recent works of 

 Caravaggio were conducted attracted him, and for a while 

 he attempted to follow it. Happily he was diverted from 

 it by an obfervatiun of Annibal Caracci ; vl-z. that tlie 

 beft mode of rivalhng the renown of Caravaggio might 

 perhaps arife from a different mode of art, by contraftmg 

 his confined and lamp-like efiefls with a broader and more 

 ample light ; and for liis vulgar forms, and obfcure outline, 

 fubllituting clearnels in the parts and forms, built upon the 

 pure models of antiquity. This remark, made in fpleen 

 by Caracci, operated powerfully on the mind of his fl<il- 

 ful pupil, and induced him to try its truth. He immedi- 

 ately devoted himfelf to the iUidy of what was graceful and 

 agreeable in form, colour, and effeci ; and his fuccels is tef- 

 tified by numberlefs beautiful productions, of which we 

 pofTefs many in England ; and France is ftill more rich in 

 theni. 



His compofition is not, however, fo free from affeflation 

 as the nature of the fubjefts he chofe demanded ; the very 

 attempt to make them graceful, too frequently militated 

 againil its objeft, and he lubftituted the grace of the thea- 

 tre for that oi nature. In his female heads and proportions, 

 his model was the antique : and the character and features of 

 the daughter of Niobe is difcernible in moft of them. He 

 drefled them with becomina elegance, and executed the dif- 

 ferent parts with great freedom and truth of pencil ; not un- 

 frequently, however, in a tone of colour too light, or too 

 leaden for ilefh ; with a greenifli hue, which rather cha- 

 rafteriies the hand of death, or the coldnefs of marble, 

 than the glowing warmth of life, and the flexile foflnefs of 

 I nature. 



His difpofition of draperies was elegant ; judicieufly ap- 

 plied to the filling up of voids in the grouping of limbs, 



or figures, and was wrought with the greatelt freedom ; 

 yet imiflied with alnioll mnuite attention to the foldings. 

 Thefe he arrangtd in a grand ll)le, but they not Hnfre- 

 qnently exhibit the lludy which he bellowed upon them ; 

 and appear to arile rather from the neeeditics of art, than 

 tlie adtions of the figures. Tlie execution of his piftures 

 is of the moft free and agree able kind ; manifefting a pcr- 

 feft underftanding of nature ; the touch being light, full, 

 and delicate ; and though they are tiniftied very highly, yet 

 there remains no appearance »f labour. In exprefTion, he 

 fometimes attained the greateft perfeAion ; as in the head of 

 our Saviour in tiie Louvre, and of which the prefidcnt 

 Weft has a very fine duplicate : but, in general, it was ra- 

 ther the grace and artifice of the theatre which guided 

 him ; and his ligure^ appear to aft more than to feel. Such 

 was the refpedt paid to his abilities, that he was crowned 

 with honour and riches ; but it is lamentable to add, that 

 one vice, in which he indulged after he had paffed the meri- 

 dian of life, viz. gaming, robbed him of both, and re- 

 duced him to poverty and difgrace ; from which he was 

 not able to free himfelf during the remainder of his life, 

 which continued till he had attained the age of 67. 



In the gallery of the Louvre there are between ^o and 

 40 of the works of Guido, large and fmall, and in his va- 

 rious manners ; and as he there comes in immediate competi- 

 tion with his maftcrs, connoifTeurs have an excellent oppor- 

 tunity of judging of his comparative merit. We have alfo 

 a great many of his eafel piftures in England, but they are 

 fcattered about in various coUedtions. 



Rem, in Geegmphy, a town of European Turkey, in 

 BelTarabia, on the Danube ; 40 miles W. of Ifmail. N. 

 lat. 45''2y. E. long. 28° 44'. 



RENIFORME Folium, in Botany, a kidney-ftiaped 

 leaf. See Leaf. 



RENITENCY, Rexitentia, or Renifus, among Phi- 

 lofophers, that force in folid bodies, by which they refill 

 the impulfe of other bodies; or re-adl as much as they are 

 afted on. 



RENKY, in Rural Economy, a term provincially figni- 

 fying tall or high, v.hen applied to animals, &c. 



RENNEBAUK, in Geography, a river of America, in 

 the province of Maine, which runs into the Atlantic, N. 

 lat. 43^ 20'. W. long. 70" 27'. 



RENNEBO, a town of Norway, in the province of 

 Drontheim ; 36 miles S. of Drontheim. 



RENNEL's SovsD, a bay of the North Pacific ocean, 

 on the W. coaft of Queen Charlotte's illand. N. lat. 53° 

 28'. W. long. 133°. 



RENNERSDORF, a town of Silefia, in the prmci- 

 pality of Neiife ; 8 miles E. of Neiffe. 



RENNES, a city of France, and chief city of the de- 

 partment of the Ille and Vilaine ; and, before the revolu- 

 tion, the fee of a bifhop, and capital of Bretagne ; fituated 

 on the Vilaine, by which it is divided into two parts. It is 

 large and populous, containing eight parilh churches, be- 

 fides the cathedral and feveral convents. The four parts 

 which it comprehends are denominated the north-eaft, fouth- 

 eaft, fouth-weft, and north-welt The hrft contains 5950 

 inhabitants, and its canton 13,147, on a territory of 14277 

 kiliometres, in 7 communes; the fecond contains 5253 in- 

 habitants, and its canton i 2,064, °" ^ territory of 97A kilio- 

 metres, in 4 communes; the third contains 3081 inha- 

 bitants, and its canton 12,254, on a territory of 142^7 kilio- 

 metres, in 9 communes ; and the fourth part contains 1 1,620 

 inhabitants, and its canton 14,332, on a territory of 377: 

 kiliometres, in 3 communes. N. lat. 48^ 7'. W. long. 



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