# Joh. Heinrich Roos artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1631-09-29
- Death date: 1685-10-03
- Nationality: German
- Movements: Baroque
- Common media: oil painting (canvas and panel), etching, drawing (pen and ink)

## About Joh. Heinrich Roos

Johann Heinrich Roos (1631–1685) was a German Baroque painter, etcher, and draftsman best known for his pastoral landscape paintings depicting rolling countryside populated with grazing cattle, sheep, and shepherd figures. Born in Otterberg in the Palatinate and baptized in nearby Reipoltskirchen, Roos worked within the Dutch and Italianate landscape traditions before settling in Frankfurt am Main, where he served as a court painter. His compositions reflect the influence of Dutch Golden Age animal painting combined with southern European landscape conventions. Roos also produced etchings and drawings that circulated widely and influenced subsequent generations of German landscape artists. He belonged to a prominent family of painters: his brother Theodor Roos (1638–1687) and several of his children, including Philipp Peter Roos (1657–1706) and Johann Melchior Roos (c. 1663–c. 1731), were also active artists. Roos died in Frankfurt in 1685, reportedly perishing in a house fire.

## Common works and media

Johann Heinrich Roos is primarily associated with oil paintings on canvas and panel depicting pastoral landscapes with cattle, sheep, and shepherd figures. He also produced etchings and pen-and-ink drawings of similar rural subjects. His works range from cabinet-sized paintings to larger compositions. Monograms JHR and HR are associated with his output.

## Market and appraisal context

Works by Johann Heinrich Roos appear regularly in European old master auctions, with over 270 documented lots. His oil paintings on canvas or panel—typically pastoral landscapes with livestock—are the most frequently encountered medium at auction. Etchings and pen-and-ink drawings also circulate, generally at lower price levels. Valuation depends on factors including size, condition, provenance, attribution certainty, and compositional quality. Attribution can be complicated by stylistic overlap with his brother Theodor Roos and his painter sons. Collectors should seek scholarly confirmation or catalogue raisonné references when evaluating attribution.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched artist identity with documented auction records, including sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lot results when those records are available. For Johann Heinrich Roos, identity data is grounded in Getty ULAN, VIAF, RKD, and Wikidata authority records, complemented by biographical information from the Netherlands Institute for Art History.

## Sources

- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/68071
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471147
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500013837
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/39647404/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Roos
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85354772