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Johann Heinrich Roos, German

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Artworks (17)

The Hedgerow

1665 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bust at the Bottom of a Pyramid

1665 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Goat with Bell

1665 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Johann Heinrich Roos Shepherding (series)

1665 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Muleteer under the Gateway

1665 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sheep Near the Ruins of an Arch

1665 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Soldiers on Horseback

1657 · Red chalk counterproof on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card

18.4 × 25.3 cm (7 1/4 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cowherd with Bull and Dog in Ruins

1651 · Red chalk on ivory laid paper

27.1 × 19.2 cm (10 11/16 × 7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cattle and Sheep with Herdsman in Rocky Landscape

1651 · Red chalk, with brush and red-brown wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid card

20.6 × 26.4 cm (8 1/8 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sheep Lying Down

1651 · Black chalk on ivory laid paper

8 × 12.8 cm (3 3/16 × 5 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study of a Cow

1651 · Black chalk, heightened with white on blue paper

3 9/16 x 5 9/16 in. (9 x 14.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape with Herdsman and Sheep, Goat, Cattle

1651 · Pen and black and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, on ivory laid paper

17.4 × 21.1 cm (6 7/8 × 8 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cow

1650 · red chalk; framing lines in brush and black ink

Sheet: 6.7 x 11.1 cm (2 5/8 x 4 3/8 in.); Secondary Support: 6.7 x 11.1 cm (2 5/8 x 4 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pastoral Landscape with Roman Ruins

1645 · Pen and ink, brush and gray wash

7 5/8 x 11 3/4 in. (19.3 x 29.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Triptych of the Virgin and Child with Saints

1505 · Oil and tempera on panel

Framed overall: 155 × 241.3 × 8.3 cm (61 × 95 × 3 1/4 in.); Left wing: 154.7 × 60.4 × 8.3 cm (60 7/8 × 23 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Center: 155 × 120.1 × 8.3 cm (61 × 47 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Right wing: 154.7 × 60.4 × 8.3 cm (60 7/8 × 23 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Triptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ

1350 · Ivory with traces of gold

25.7 × 17.5 cm (10 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Goats and a Kid

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Artwork sources (4)

17 published of 17 catalogued · 17 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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Smithsonian
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Bust at the Bottom of a Pyramid
1665 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Goat with Bell
1665 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Johann Heinrich Roos Shepherding (series)
1665 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Hedgerow
1665 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Cow
1650 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Sheep Near the Ruins of an Arch
1665 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Muleteer under the Gateway
1665 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

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