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Johann Heinrich Roos
German painter
Johann Heinrich Roos | |
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Self-portrait, 1682 | |
| Born | (1631-09-29)29 September 1631 Otterberg |
| Died | 3 October 1685(1685-10-03) (aged 54) Frankfurt |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Baroque |
Johann Heinrich Roos (29 September 1631, Otterberg – 3 October 1685, Frankfurt) was a German Baroque era landscape painter and etcher.
Biography
Roos was born in Otterberg, a town in the Palatinate in 1631. His family had emigrated to Amsterdam due to the Thirty Years' War in 1640.[1] He trained with Guilliam du Gardijn,[2]Cornelis de Bie[1] and Barent Graat,[1] but the landscape painters Nicolaes Berchem and Karel Dujardin were more of an influence on him.
In 1653 the Roos family returned to Germany, where Johann and his brother Theodor Roos worked together on a commission for a cloister in Mainz.
Between 1654 and 1659, Johann worked for Ernst, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels (son