Roos, Johann Heinrich

Roos, Johann Heinrich (yō'hän hīn'rikh rōs) [key], 1631–85, German painter and etcher. He specialized in depicting animals and landscapes and was court painter to Elector Palatine Charles Louis. He is represented in German galleries, and the New-York Historical Society has two of his paintings.

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