Johann Heinrich Roos

With Franz Bühlmayer, Vienna;
Acquired from the above by Prince Johann I. of Liechtenstein (1760-1836) in 1820 (as from Pillmeyer).

G. Parthey, Deutscher Bildersaal. Verzeichnis der in Deutschland vorhandenen Oelbilder verstorbener Maler aller Schulen, vol. II, Berlin 1864, p. 391, no. 141;
J. Falke, Katalog der Fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Vienna 1873, p. 102, no. 892;
J. Falke, Katalog der fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Vienna 1885, p. 83, no. 613; 
A. von Wurzbach, Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon, vol. II, Vienna-Leipzig 1910, p. 469;
H. Jedding, 'Der Tiermaler Joh. Heinr. Roos (1631-1685)' in Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte, vol. 311, Strasbourg-Kehl 1955, p. 200, no. 5.

The canvas has a firm relining. The paint surface is secure but a little flattened under a dirty yellowed varnish. Inspection under UV light reveals scattered retouchings most notably above the drovers in the darks of the landscape and in the upper right of the top margin.
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