Theodor Roos
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Theodor Roos was a German Baroque
painter of historical scenes.
around 1640. There, Roos trained with his brother Johann Heinrich Roos
during the years (1647–51) in history painting with Guilliam Dujardin (1597–after 1647), in landscape with Cornelis de Bie
and in portraiture with Barent Graat.
According to Houbraken, he gathered this information from Joachim von Sandrart
, who mistakenly wrote Cornelis, but meant Adrian de Bie, his father. Cornelis was a poet, but not a painter, as his father was. Adrian de Bie was living in Brabant after he got back from Rome in 1623 and was still giving drawing lessons in 1660.
The brothers returned with the rest of the family to Germany in 1653, where the brothers worked for a cloister together in Mainz
. When Johann moved away, Theodor Roos won a commission in Mannheim
to paint the civic guard there, which hung in the city hall. This won him the favor of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
, whose wedding portraits he painted in return for a golden necklace with a commemorative coin. Thereafter he painted in Strassbourg, Hof van Velde, van Birkenfelt, Bade, Hanau
, and Hof van Wirtenburg. In Strassbourg he was granted amnesty when the city went over to the French, because of his long history of painting military heroes.
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
painter of historical scenes.
Biography
His family left their home in the Palatinate c. 1637, fleeing the Thirty Years War, and moved to AmsterdamAmsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
around 1640. There, Roos trained with his brother Johann Heinrich Roos
Johann Heinrich Roos
Johann Heinrich Roos was a German Baroque era landscape painter and etcher.-Biography:...
during the years (1647–51) in history painting with Guilliam Dujardin (1597–after 1647), in landscape with Cornelis de Bie
Cornelis de Bie
Cornelis de Bie was a Brabant rederijker, poet, jurist and minor politician from Lier.He is the author of about 64 works, mostly comedies...
and in portraiture with Barent Graat.
According to Houbraken, he gathered this information from Joachim von Sandrart
Joachim von Sandrart
Joachim von Sandrart was a German Baroque art-historian and painter, active in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age.-Biography:Sandrart was born in Frankfurt, but the family originated from Mons...
, who mistakenly wrote Cornelis, but meant Adrian de Bie, his father. Cornelis was a poet, but not a painter, as his father was. Adrian de Bie was living in Brabant after he got back from Rome in 1623 and was still giving drawing lessons in 1660.
The brothers returned with the rest of the family to Germany in 1653, where the brothers worked for a cloister together in Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
. When Johann moved away, Theodor Roos won a commission in Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
to paint the civic guard there, which hung in the city hall. This won him the favor of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
Charles Louis, , Elector Palatine KG was the second son of Frederick V of the Palatinate, the "Winter King" of Bohemia, and his wife, Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King James I of England ....
, whose wedding portraits he painted in return for a golden necklace with a commemorative coin. Thereafter he painted in Strassbourg, Hof van Velde, van Birkenfelt, Bade, Hanau
Hanau
Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...
, and Hof van Wirtenburg. In Strassbourg he was granted amnesty when the city went over to the French, because of his long history of painting military heroes.