Affordable Drawings
from the 16th through the 20th century
from the 16th through the 20th century
- Vasari, Seven Bishop Saints
- Passarotti, Male Nude Study
- Castello, A Decapitation
- Wildens, A Hilly Path
- Florentine School , Floral Ornament
- Procaccini, Head of a Soldier
- French School, Head of Hercules
- Vlieger , Fishermen
- Gargiulo , Elevation of Saints
- Roos, Cattle and Sheep
- Cabel, River Landscape
- d'Onofri , Trees in a Landscape
- German School, The Coronation of the Virgin
- Heemskerck, Peasants Drinking
- Piola, St. Raymond
- Moucheron , Classical Figures in a Grove of Trees
- Chaufourrier, Solfatara
- Lantara , Storm over a Village
- Volaire , Neapolitan Boatman
- Monogramist Vh , Woodland Grove
- Bolognese School, Seated Warrior
- Galliari , Stage Set: Courtyard of a Farm
- Duclaux , Plants Growing in a Field
- Cruikshank , Standing Male
- Altmann , Wine Taster
- Decamps, Trees at the Villa
- Nanteuil , Two Figures
- Bodmer, Partridges
- Harpignies , Trees
- Marsaud, Harlequin
- Dehodencq, Three Sketches
- Delauney, Fruit Tree with Birds
- Dansaert , Brawl in a Tavern
- Chapu, Studies for ’’Une Source’’
- Vannutelli, Two Women Seated in a Church
- Lepère, Studies of Ladies Shopping
- Béjot, Pont de l'Alma
- Henricus, Japonisme
- Vuillard, Mme. Vuillard, Sewing at Her Window
- Couturier, Carnival Scene at Night
- Brockhurst, Chinese Group
- Stankavich, On the Frontier
 |
10. Johann Heinrich Roos (1631-1685) Cattle and Sheep with a Herdsman |
 |
(click on image to print)
Cattle and Sheep with a Herdsman
Red chalk counterproof, 195 x 298 mm., signed in brown ink. Provenance: Adolf Gluenstein (Lugt 123); Leopold Heinemann, Berlin (not in L.).
Finely done, complete compositional study, the central area finished, the sides in open sketch, on laid paper with the watermark of an imperial eagle, signed in full. For a comparable drawing and signature see Deutsche Maler und Zeichner der 17 Jh., plate 180. The combination of finished and sketchy work is also present on that sheet. Roos was born in Germany, studied in Holland, and traveled in Italy from about 1650 to 1656, after which he returned to Germany where he became Court Painter to the Prince Palatine. Widely praised, he was especially noted for his animal studies and his many etchings of animal subjects (see Bartsch, Vol. 1) have been collected for centuries.
