Johann Melchior Roos was a German Baroque painter.

Biography

According to the RKD He was born in Heidelberg and learned to paint from his father, the landscape painter Johann Heinrich Roos

Johann Heinrich Roos

Johann Heinrich Roos was a German Baroque era landscape painter and etcher.-Biography:...

. In 1682-1685 he studied at the drawing academy of the Confrerie Pictura

Confrerie Pictura

The Confrerie Pictura was a more or less academic club of artists founded in 1656 in The Hague, by local art painters, who were unsatisfied by the Guild of Saint Luke there.-History:The guild of St...

 in the Hague, and in 1686 he travelled to Rome where he worked with his brother Philipp Peter Roos

Philipp Peter Roos

Philipp Peter Roos , was a German Baroque painter.-Biography: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...

(Rosa di Tivoli) in Italy. He is known for Italianate landscapes with animals and portraits.