Johann Hermann Carmiencke

Johann Hermann Carmiencke (1810–1867), born in Hamburg, made his career as a landscape painter and etcher across northern Europe and the United States. Trained in Dresden within J.C. Dahl's circle, he continued his studies in Copenhagen and Leipzig, then returned to Copenhagen in 1838 and spent the following years painting in Sweden, Bavaria, and the Tyrol, visiting Italy in 1845–46. His mountain views won him appointment as court painter to King Christian VIII of Denmark.