olds m ith ▁Arnold ▁König . ▁His ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Johannes ▁Rotten ham mer ▁of ▁the ▁elder ly ▁suggests ▁that ▁he ▁might ▁have ▁spent ▁his ▁app rent ice ▁years ▁in ▁A ugs burg ▁( poss ibly ▁with ▁Rotten ham mer ). ▁ ▁What ▁is ▁certain ▁is ▁prov ing ▁that ▁he ▁spent ▁a ▁year ▁stay ing ▁in ▁Ven ice ▁and ▁in ▁Rome ▁from ▁ 1 6 1 0 ▁to ▁ 1 6 1 4 . ▁Here ▁he ▁has ▁possibly ▁made ▁contact ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 6 1 0 ▁with ▁Adam ▁El she imer ▁before ▁the ▁later ▁died . ▁Els heim ers ▁ ▁works ▁directly ▁stim ulated ▁König s ▁cre ativity . ▁Even ▁early ▁works ▁of ▁König ▁reflect ▁El she imer ▁landscape ▁art . ▁ ▁T ogether ▁with ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Paul ▁Br il ▁they ▁ex ert ed ▁a ▁strong ▁influence ▁on ▁the ▁young ▁painter . ▁It ▁was ▁probably ▁in ▁Rome ▁where ▁he ▁came ▁into ▁contact ▁with ▁the ▁early ▁works ▁of ▁Carlo ▁Sar ac eni . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 1 4 ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁A ugs burg ▁and ▁married ▁and ▁also ▁received ▁the ▁painter ▁rights ▁by ▁the ▁local ▁g ild . ▁In ▁ 1 6 2 2 ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁pain ters ' ▁gu ild , ▁a ▁year ▁later , ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁Council . ▁After ▁ 1 6 2 0 ▁he ▁worked ▁with ▁Matth ias ▁G und el ach ▁and ▁Johann ▁Matth ias ▁K ager ▁together ▁on ▁the ▁decor ations ▁of ▁A ugs