Gaetano De Rosa

Cajetan Roos, called Gaetano de Rosa (Rome 1690-1770 Vienna) A shepherd tending his flock indistinctly inscribed (on the reverse) oil on marble 14 x 40cm (5 1/2 x 15 3/4in). EXHIBITED: York, Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition , 1*** (according to a label on the reverse)

Cajetan Roos, called Gaetano de Rosa, Italian 1690-1770 - A herdsman with sheep and goats by an outcrop with a hilltop castle beyond and a herdsman resting with a cow, sheep and goats by an outcrop with a vista beyond; oil on canvas, a pair, in matching carved giltwood Florentine style frames, 69x83cm, ea, (2)

Cajetan Roos, called Gaetano de Rosa (Rome1690-1770 Vienna) A cowherd and shepherds resting theirlivestock in an upland landscape; and Shepherds watering theirlivestock in a stream beside a ruin the former signed and dated 'ROS/1744' (strengthened, on stone,lower right); the latter signed 'ROSA' (strengthened, above door,centre right) a pair, oil on canvas 77 x 101cm (30 5/16 x 39 3/4in). (2)

LOT 28 OTHER PROPERTIES CAJETAN ROOS, CALLED GAETANO DE ROSA ROME 1690 - 1770 VIENNA NOAH'S ARK 20,000—30,000 EUR measurements measurements note 122 by 174.8 cm. Description bears signature and date lower right: M.ROSA/ 1750 oil on canvas CATALOGUE NOTE We are grateful to Dr. Herman Jedding for confirming theattribution to Cajetan Roos on the basis of a photograph. He datesthis painting to circa 1735/40 at the latest. The signature anddate are evidently later additions, since, from 1743 onwards, Roosmoved away from animal scenes altogether and only paintedaltarpieces.Cajetan Roos, called Gaetano de Rosa, was born into a German familyof painters. He was apprenticed to his father Philipp Peter Roos(1657-1706), called Rosa da Tivoli, another celebrated animalpainter who had settled in Rome, and like him specialised in animalsubjects.1 Noah's Ark was a favoured subject of theartist, for he painted the subject on more than one occasion. Oneof these, perhaps the earliest, is signed and dated1718.2 The present work may be closely compared tosimilar representation of the subject, attributed to Cajetan Roos,sold, Paris, Millon & Associés, 28 June 2006, lot 33 (for €28.000).1. See for example H. Jedding, Johann Heinrich Roos. Werke einer Pfälzer Tiermalerfamilie in den Galerie Europas ,Mainz 1998, pp. 271-4, figs. 400-4.2. U.-G. Bocchi, Pittori di natura morta a Roma. Artististranieri 1630-1750 , Viadana 2004, p. 283, fig. GR2.

LOT 63 CAJETAN ROOS, CALLED GAETANO DE ROSA ROME 1690 - 1770 VIENNA A GOAT HERDSMAN AND HIS TRIBE 4,000—6,000 GBP measurements measurements note 97.3 by 131 cm.; 38 3/8 by 51 1/2 in. Description oil on canvas PROVENANCE N.M. Patterson, Fort William, Ontario (according to an old label on the reverse).