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# 34087
Johann Nepomuk Ender "Josepha Wickerhauser with son Moritz", outstanding watercolor portrait!!, 1818 9000 EUR
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Although the image of this portrait is unsigned (we never inspected this work outside of the frame; it is, therefore, not to exclude that the signature is hidden somewhere along one of the margins of this (painted in oval on a rectangular card) watercolor), this group portrait of a beautiful young lady with her little son is a typical and absolutely (!) authentic work of one of the best Viennese portraitists of the 1st half of the 19th century, Johann Nepomuk Ender. Comparison with his works (including those in our possession) convincingly confirms this statement.
The sitters' names are provided in a legend on verso, which was completed by the last heir of this family (alike several other items, this watercolor was once acquired directly from family's estate).
And so, the name of the lady was Josepha (Peppina) Wickerhauser, nee Perez. She was born in 1790 in Triest (at that time - part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; present day Italy) into a family of a prosperous merchant. She died in 1859 in Vienna. In 1813, in Vienna, she married a wealthy mine owner Anton Maria Wickerhauser. Two years later she bore him their first child, son Moritz (we see him in the portrait), who later became a well-known philologist and scholar of Oriental studies: he spoke several Eastern languages, was author of numerous publications, and, between 1848 and 1868 was a professor at the Viennese Oriental Academy. For portraits of Moritz Wickerhauser and his (one year his junior) sister, see our web # 34088.
Johann Nepomuk Ender (1793 Vienna - 1854 ibidem), twin-brother of another well-known Austrian artist, Thomas Ender, was a very popular portrait painter and miniaturist. From 1806 he studied at the Vienna Academy under Maurer, Lampi, Fueger and Caucig and repeatedly received Academy awards. First portraits by him are known from 1814. In 1815-1817 he was already a well-known Viennese portraitist. In 1818-1819 Ender accompanied Hungarian Count Istvan Szechenyi on his trip through Italy, Greece and the Middle East. In 1820 he obtained an academical scholarship for Italy. In 1820-21 he stayed in Florence; from autumn 1821 lived (together with his brother Thomas) in Rome. While he studied there, he also copied works of Raphael, and painted not only portraits, but also historical and religious compositions. In 1825 he became a member of Rome Accademia di S. Luca.
In 1826-27 marked his return to Vienna (via Florence, Genua, Milan, Geneva, Paris and Munich). In 1829-1850 he was a professor of historical painting at the Vienna Academy and, at the same time, the favorite portraitist of the Court and members of the Austrian and Hungarian high society. His specialties were portraits of elegant women from the Royal Family and aristocracy, alone or with their children, fashionably dressed, and occasionally in extravagant richly decorated hats. These portraits were often reproduced in lithographs or engravings by Ender's well-known town-fellows (Josef Kriehuber, Franz Eybl, etc.).
Provenance:
1.) estate of the last heir of Wickerhauser family
2.) Vienna auction house "Dorotheum", December 6th 2010
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Condition: good; in magnificent original empire frame; two minimal foxings
Creation Year: ca 1818
Measurements: UNFRAMED:15,7x13,0cm/6,2x5,1in FRAMED: 28,7x26,6cm/11,3x10,5in
Object Type: Framed watercolor
Style: Portrait Miniatures
Technique: watercolor on card (painted in oval on four-angled sheet)
Inscription: -
Creator: Johann Nepomuk Ender
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Creator Dates: 1793 Vienna-1854 Vienna
Nationality: Austrian
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