I): tiMemoin Justificatif of hiB own life, print- ed in the Chroniqm Religieuse.—TloefeT,Nouv.Iiiag. G> at rnl . >. v.
Reyna, Cassiodoro de, a Spanish Hebraist, was born al Seville. He embraced the ecclesiastical life, Inn renounced il upon Leaving his native country. He established himself in Frankfort and engaged in busi- ness, which he abandoned to take charge of a French i mgregation in London. From thence he wenl to Ant- werp, and again lived in Frankfort, where he openly avowed his acquiescence in the Confession of Augsburg. It is supposed be was living al Basle when his version ol the Scriptures in Spanish was published. In the preface to this work he makes himself appear a Catholic, in order to secure a greater sale for the hook. The title i~ I. a Biblia,que es los Sacros Libros del V.y N. Testa- mento,trasladada en EspaHol (Basle, 1569, Ito). Reyna pretended to have translated directly from the Hebrew, bnl it is said thai he never saw any original except the Latin version of Pagnini. A new edition was prepared by Cyprian de Valera (Amst. L596). Another work of Reyna is Anniiiai'mm .< in I. urn Siluiiura I'.rangelii Jo- annis > Frankfort, L">7:; I. Reyna died at Frankfort, March 15, 1594. Sec Antonio, /lib/. Nova Hispana; Lelong, Jiibl. .Sacra. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generate, s. v.
Reynolds, Edward, P.P.. an English prelate, was horn in Southampton, November, 1599. In 1615 he be- came postmaster of Merton College, and in 1620 proba- tioner fellow. He was made preacher at Lincoln's Inn, and rector of Braynton, in Northamptonshire; but in the rebellion of 1642 he sided with the Presbyterians. In lo I.; he was one of the Westminster Assembly divines," and took the covenant. In 1648 he became dean of Christ Church and vice-chancellor of the Uni- versity of Oxford. He refused the Engagement (1G51) and was ejected from his deanery; was vicar of St. Lawrence's, Jewry, London ; restored to his deanery in 1659, and in 1660 was made chaplain to Charles II. In the same year he was elected warden of Merton Col- lege, and made bishop of Norwich. He died in July 1667. He published Sermons, Theological Treatises, Meditations, etc.
Reynolds, Joshua OS'//-), considered the founder of the English school of painting as regards its special characteristics, was born at Plympton, in Devonshire (where his father was rector), July 16, 1723. He was intended for the medical profession, but was induced by the perusal of Richardson's Essays on Painting, etc., to take up painting as a profession. A handsome edition of these essays was in 177;; dedicated to sir Joshua by Richardson's son, comprising The Theory of Painting, Essay on the Art <>/' <'riiiri.<m, and Tin Sciena of a Connoisseur. Reynolds's first master was Hudson, the portrait-painter, with whom bewas placed in 1741. He first set up as a portrait-painter at Devonport, but in 1746 settled in London, in St. Martin's Lane. In 1749 he accompanied Commodore Keppel in the Centurion to the Mediterranean, and remained altogether about three years in Italy. He commenced bu im in London in 1752, and soon became the most prom- inent painter of the capital. In 1768, when the Loyal Vcademy was established, Reynolds was unanimously elected president at the first meeting of the members, Dec. M of that year, ami he was knighted by George III in consequence. In 1784 he succeeded Mian Lam- say as principal painter in ordinary to the king; and, alter an unrivalled career as a portrait-painter, died al his house in Leicester Square, Feb. 23, L792. lie was
buried with great pomp in St. Paul's Cathedral, where
a fine statue by Flaxman is placed immediately below the dome, in honor of his memory. His large fortune,
' about £80.000. was inherited by his niece, Miss Palmer, who became afterwards marchioness of Thomond. His collection of works of art sold for nearly £17,000. Sir Joshua Reynolds, notwithstanding his careless and feeble drawing, was indisputably a great painter: some of his portraits are anion-- the tir.-t masterpieces of the art. whether as simple portraits or as fancy pieces; as, for instance, Lord II< atkfield, in the National Gallery, of the former class, and Mrs.Siddons as tin Tragic Muse,sX Dulwich, of the latter. Ilis pictures are necessarily very numerous. Their chief excellence is their natural -race, fulness of expression, suhstant ial character, and frequently a charming richness of color and lighl and shade. Among the most remarkable are 7'//-_ Cardinal and Christian Virtues, Nativity, and Holy Family. His eulogium cannot be better expressed than in the words of Burke: "He was the tirst Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. . . . The loss of no man of his time can be felt with more sincere, general, and unmixed sorrow." Sir Joshua has bequeathed to posterity, besides his paint- ings, fifteen elegant and valuable Discourses, of which a magnificent edition, edited by John Burnet, was pub- lished by James Carpenter in 1842. A later edition was published (Hudson, O. 1863, L2mo); and his Life and Discourses I N. V. 1859, l2mo I. There is a full Life of Reynolds by Northcotc ( Lond. 1819, 2 vols. 8vo).
Reys, Manoel Dos,a Portuguese Jesuit, was taught at Coimhra, and preached with great power and suc- cess. He died at Braga, April 21, 1699. His Sermons were printed at Evora (1717-24).