Johann Melchior Roos

The animal kingdom

Tivoli waterfall

Johann Melchior Roos (born December 27, 1663 in Heidelberg , † 1731 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German painter .

Life

Johann Melchior Roos was the second son of the animal painter Johann Heinrich Roos and brother of the painter Philipp Peter Roos . He was first his father's pupil and then continued his education during a stay in Italy from 1686 to 1690. He then returned to Germany and lived in Frankfurt am Main, where he died in 1731.

Johann Melchior Roos is known for his lively, but not always anatomically correct depictions of the animal world. His pictures show deer, roe deer, bears, but also animals from more southern zones such as lions and tigers. Compared with the works of his father, the paintings of Johann Melchior Roos, with few exceptions, appear weaker in drawing and duller in tone, and perhaps the oldest surviving reports about him are correct in claiming that diligence and perseverance are not always on a par with his great talent. The Frankfurt Hüsgen and the older Dutch artist-biographer Jacob Campo Weyerman , from whom the latter met him personally in Frankfurt in 1709, can tell of the artist's capricious ideas and lavish inclinations .

Auctions

1825 in Nuremberg : cattle lying down.
- A standing and a lying cow.

literature

Johann Melchior Roos . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 13, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 956.
Heinrich Weizsäcker : Roos, Johann Melchior . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, p. 458.

Web links

Commons : Johann Melchior Roos - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ DIRECTORY OF THE v.DERSCHAUISCHE Kunstkabinett zu NÜRNBERG .... Nuremberg, at the obligated auctionator Schmidmer., 1825., 250 p., Directory of rare art collections., 1825., Google Books, online , p. 72, (47th and 48th)

personal data
SURNAME	Roos, Johann Melchior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	December 27, 1663
PLACE OF BIRTH	Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH	1731
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main

[1] DIRECTORY OF THE v.DERSCHAUISCHE Kunstkabinett zu NÜRNBERG .... Nuremberg, at the obligated auctionator Schmidmer., 1825., 250 p., Directory of rare art collections., 1825., Google Books, online , p. 72, (47th and 48th)