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Philipp Peter Roos
Philipp Peter Roos

Philipp Peter Roos

German, 1657-1706
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Philipp Peter Roos was a German Baroque painter, active in and near Rome from 1677 onward.

He was born in Frankfurt am Main and learned to paint from his father, the landscape painter Johann Heinrich Roos. He was the brother of the painter Johann Melchior Roos, who briefly worked with him in Italy. As a young man, he painted in the style of his father. He was called to paint for Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, who liked him so much he gave him a sum of money to travel to Rome with, which he did in 1677.

In Rome, he worked often in the studio of Giacinto Brandi, and by 1681 had fallen in love with his daughter, for whom he converted to Catholicism and later married. In 1683, he joined a papal guild of painters, the Congregation of Virtuiosi al Pantheon. In 1684, he acquired a large house on Vicolo del Riserraglio in the Rione San Paolo in Tivoli, near Rome, whence his surname. In Tivoli, they kept a menagerie of various animals so Roos could draw from live poses. This house was called the "Noah's Ark" by their friends. In his Italian style, he painted life-size figures and animals in a broad manner and a heavy brown tone.

In 1691, he moved back to Rome, where he was one of the Bentvueghels painters in the Schildersbent, a grouping of painters from the Low Countries. He had the nickname "Mercurius" because of the rapidity with which he painted; Mercury was the speedy messenger of Zeus. The Schildersbent were often denied official commissions, and had to struggle for a living. Roos often paid for food and lodging with paintings. He earned money making small paintings and sketches for tourists. He died in poverty.

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Capre e pecore in un paesaggio

Capre e pecore in un paesaggio

Philipp Peter Roos (German, 1657-1706)
Animals
Two Sheep

Two Sheep

Philipp Peter Roos (German, 1657-1706)
Animals
Goats and Sheep

Goats and Sheep (1690)

Philipp Peter Roos (German, 1657-1706)
Animals
Goats and Sheep

Goats and Sheep (1690)

Philipp Peter Roos (German, 1657-1706)
Animals
Rams with ruins in the background

Rams with ruins in the background

Philipp Peter Roos (German, 1657-1706)
Animals
Herd in the mountains

Herd in the mountains

Philipp Peter Roos (German, 1657-1706)
Animals
Cattle at the waterfall

Cattle at the waterfall

Philipp Peter Roos (German, 1657-1706)
Animals
Landscape

Landscape

Philipp Peter Roos (German, 1657-1706)
Landscape
Shepherd and animals in a landscape

Shepherd and animals in a landscape

Philipp Peter Roos (German, 1657-1706)
Animals
Sheep and Goat in a Rocky Landscape

Sheep and Goat in a Rocky Landscape

Philipp Peter Roos (German, 1657-1706)
Animals
Gruppe von Ziegen und Schafe

Gruppe von Ziegen und Schafe

Philipp Peter Roos (German, 1657-1706)
Animals
Gruppe von Ziegen und Schafen mit einem Hirt

Gruppe von Ziegen und Schafen mit einem Hirt

Philipp Peter Roos (German, 1657-1706)
Animals
Pastoral Scene; A Herdsman and His Family, with Goats

Pastoral Scene; A Herdsman and His Family, with Goats (late 17th–early 18th century)

Philipp Peter Roos (German, 1657-1706)
Drawings
Descent from the Cross

Descent from the Cross (1696)

Philipp Peter Roos (German, 1657-1706)
Drawings
Waldschlucht mit Felsen und Gebüsch

Waldschlucht mit Felsen und Gebüsch

Philipp Peter Roos (German, 1657-1706)
Drawings

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