The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Roos, Johann Heinrich
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ROOS, Johann Heinrich, German painter: b. Otterberg, in the Palatinate, 27 Oct. 1631; d. Frankfort-on-Main, 3 Oct. 1685. He went to Amsterdam and applied himself to landscape and animal painting. After a visit to Italy he settled finally at Frankfort. Most of his works are animal landscapes, executed in the conventional Italian style.
