Johann Melchior Roos

Waterfall at Tivoli

Johann Melchior Roos (December 27, 1663, Heidelberg – 1731, Braunschweig), was a German Baroque painter.

Biography

According to the RKD He was born in Heidelberg and learned to paint from his father, the landscape painter Johann Heinrich Roos.^[1] In 1682-1685 he studied at the drawing academy of the Confrerie Pictura in the Hague, and in 1686 he travelled to Rome where he worked with his brother Philipp Peter Roos (Rosa di Tivoli) in Italy.^[1] He is known for Italianate landscapes with animals and portraits.^[1]

Roos family tree

Johann Heinrich Roos 1631–1685

Theodor Roos 1638–1687

Philipp Peter Roos 1655–1706

Johann Melchior Roos 1663–1731

Franz Roos 1672–1715

Jakob Roos 1682-1707

Cajetan Roos 1690-1770

Joseph Roos 1726-1805

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References

1 2 3 Johann Melchior Roos in the RKD

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 3545455 LCCN: no2009041668 ISNI: 0000 0000 6679 8618 GND: 129182362 ULAN: 500020978 RKD: 68072

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