Christian GOTTLIEB HAMMER (1779-1864), Romantic landscape with ancient ruins, 1814

watercolor, ink, pen, paper; 55 x 76.5 cm;
At the bottom, inscription: nach der Natur gez. von C G Hammer in Dresden. 1814.
In 1816 Hammer became a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden. He belonged to the circle of the so-called "Dresden Romantics," which included Caspar David Friedrich, Johann Christian Klengel and Jacob Crescenz Seydelmann. In 1829 he was appointed associate professor at the university.