around 1616. It is a fine example of Mannerism and the North German Court aesthetic.
So far only a few drawings could be traced to the influential artist Johann Heiss (1640 – 1704). Two recently discovered drawings, the Judgement of King Midas and a Banquet of Gods now expand his small oeuvre.
Johann G. Wagner's landscapes done in a sublime gouache technique became highly fashionable in late 18th century Paris, as they were exhibited there by Georg Wille (1715 – 1808). Many artists began to depict landscapes »dans la maniére de Wagner«. A very fine example, a Pastoral with a Gathering Storm, has returned to Paris with this year's show.
A self-absorbed young man, most likely by Anton Graff (1736 – 1813) and a superb Meadow by Adrian Zingg (1734 – 1816) are drawings by Swiss artists who worked successfully in Saxony.
Gustav H. Naeke's (1786 – 1835) pencil drawing with an Italian castle is a typical example of early German Romantic draughtsmanship with its very concentrated parallel lines, while Julius A. Elsasser's (1815 – 1859) Moonlit Landscape with a Monk represents late Romanticism with its affinity to acherontic motives.