"Idyllic Landscape at Sunset"
Johann Heinrich Roos
(Otterberg 1631 – Frankfurt 1685)
Oil on canvas
2nd half of the 17th century
Original gilded frame
Canvas cm. 99 x 74 frame 116 x 91
The painting is in excellent condition.
The painting depicts a vast hilly landscape where the remains of an ancient Temple and a small rural village stand out in the center of the canvas amidst dense vegetation.
The scene describes a particularly serene atmosphere enlivened by some figures on the banks of a river and others near a stream, while in the foreground, two horses loaded with goods and a small dog playing with its owner are clearly outlined.
The magnificent panorama is characterized by the warm-toned light of a splendid sunset.
The author of the canvas showcases a lighting rendering of extraordinary effect with a fiery sky behind the mountains that turns blue in a fantastic play of colors.
The fronds of the trees and the dense gray clouds contribute to making the atmospheric conditions even more fascinating.
The work is attributed to the German Master Johann Heinrich Roos, the progenitor of a family of pastoral landscape painters, the most famous of whom is his son Philipp Peter, known by the nickname Rosa da Tivoli for his long stay in the Lazio region.
The painting is a synthesis of his art, where the landscape invariably expresses a bucolic environment with the presence of figures and animals, towers and ruins, villages and lush trees in backlight, always in an atmospheric setting of great beauty.
His works are mainly inspired by the Dutch artists Nicolaes Berchem and Karel Dujardin, from whom he learned both the painting technique and the predisposition towards the idyllic and pastoral landscape. (See example in the last photo)
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