QUERINI, PALAZZO, now the Beccherie, II. 255, III. 234. R RAFFAELLE, CHIESA DELL'ANGELO. Said to contain a Bonifazio, otherwise of no importance. REDENTORE, CHURCH OF THE, II. 378. It contains three interesting John Bellinis, and also, in the sacristy, a most beautiful Paul Veronese. REMER, CORTE DEL, house in. II. 251. REZZONICO, PALAZZO, on the Grand Canal. Of the Grotesque Renaissance time, but less extravagant than usual. RIALTO, BRIDGE OF THE. The best building raised in the time of the Grotesque Renaissance; very noble in its simplicity, in its proportions, and in its masonry. Note especially the grand way in which the oblique archstones rest on the butments of the bridge, safe, palpably both to the sense and eye: note also the sculpture of the Annunciation on the southern side of it; how beautifully arranged, so as to give more lightness and a grace to the arch--_the dove, flying towards the Madonna, forming the keystone_,--and thus the whole action of the figures being parallel to the curve of the arch, while all the masonry is at right angles to it. Note, finally, one circumstance which gives peculiar firmness to the figure of the angel, and associates itself with the general expression of strength in the whole building; namely that the sole of the advanced foot is set perfectly level, as if placed on the ground, instead of being thrown back behind like a heron's, as in most modern figures of this kind. The sculptures themselves are not good; but these pieces of feeling in them are very admirable. The two figures on the other side, St. Mark and St. Theodore, are inferior, though all by the same sculptor, Girolamo Campagna. The bridge was built by Antonio da Ponte, in 1588. It was anciently of wood, with a drawbridge in the centre, a representation of which may be seen in one of Carpaccio's pictures at the Accademia delle Belle Arti: and the traveller should observe that the interesting effect, both of this and the Bridge of Sighs, depends in great part on their both being _more_ than bridges; the one a covered passage, the other a row of shops, sustained on an arch. No such effect can be produced merely by the masonry of the roadway itself. RIO DEL PALAZZO, II. 282. ROCCO, CAMPIELLO DI SAN, windows in, II. 258. ROCCO, CHURCH OF ST. Notable only for the most interesting pictures by Tintoret which it contains, namely: