The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Ender, Johann

ENDER, Johann, Austrian artist: b. Vienna, 4 Nov. 1793; d. 16 March 1854. As a portrait painter he was successful at an early age. In 1818-19 he made a tour of Italy, Turkey and Greece, remaining in Rome 1820-26. Upon his return to Venice he devoted his attention to miniature and historical paintings, being professor at the Academy from 1829 to 1850. Among his works are &lsquo;Madonna with Slumbering Christ-Child&rsquo; (Vienna Museum); &lsquo;Marcus Aurelius on His Death Bed&rsquo; (1814, Esterhazy Gallery); his masterpiece, &lsquo;The Crucifixion&rsquo; (a fresco in the Vienna Cathedral); &lsquo;Orestes Pursued by the Furies&rsquo; (1815); &lsquo;Minerva Showing Ithaca to Ulysses&rsquo; (1816); &lsquo;Assumption&rsquo;; &lsquo;Sleeping at Christ's Sepulchre&rsquo; (1817); &lsquo;Judith&rsquo;; &lsquo;Bacchus Finding Ariadne&rsquo;; and many portraits.