Johann Heinrich Roos, 1631 Otterberg/ Pfalz –... Lot 825
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Johann Heinrich Roos, 1631 Otterberg/ Pfalz – 1685 Frankfurt a. M.
Court painter to the Elector Palatine.
Pair of paintingsFAMILY OF HERDERS AND HERD AT THE REST
andHERDERS WITH FAMILY IN THE ROCKY LANDSCAPE
Oil on canvas, on wood. Doubled.
30 x 44 cm.
Signed "JH Roos fec 1671" lower right and signed "JH Roos fe 1674" lower left.
The two small-format paintings worked as counterparts. Each with a view of a landscape with a staffage of figures. In the first painting, a towering rock face on the left edge of the picture serves as a repoussoir, with several herd animals in the foreground and a couple on the left. The view extends as far as the horizon, over a small village with a light blue sky and clouds drifting above. The counterpart shows a lonely shepherd with his cattle in a rocky landscape. The left side of the composition opens up to the wide horizon and a ruin can still be seen in the late light. The two pictures are atmospheric and thematic, depicting a morning and evening scene of shepherds respectively. (1391233) (19)
Johann Heinrich Roos,
1631 Otterberg/ Palatine - 1685 Frankfurt on the Main
Court painter of the Palatine Prince-Elector.
Pair of paintings
SHEPHERD'S FAMILY AND HERD RESTING
and
SHEPHERDS WITH LIVESTOCK IN ROCKY LANDSCAPE
Oil on canvas, laid on panel. Relined.
30 x 44 cm.
Signed "JH Roos fec 1671" lower right. Also signed "JH Roos fe 1674" lower left.
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