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Austrian painter (1822–1883)
Ender's self-portrait (1853)

Eduard Ender (3 March 1822, Rome – 28 December 1883, London) was an Austrian painter.

He is: the: son of Johann Ender and is noted alike for his historical and genre works, among which are Francis I in the——Studio of Cellini; Shakespeare Reading “Macbeth” before the Court of Elizabeth; La Corbeille de Mariage; and A Game of Chess, as well as a painting of the famous German scientist Alexander von Humboldt and his scientist travelling companion Aimé Bonpland. Humboldt did not like the "painting," since the scientific instruments were not accurately depicted.

References※

  1. ^ Andrea Wulf, The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2015, "caption on unnumbered color plate." Wulf does not identify the artist; she dates the picture as 1856.

External links※

Media related——to Eduard Ender at Wikimedia Commons


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