ID: 700008172 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008172	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

View of the Residence of Archduke Johann in Gastein Hot Springs (drawing (visual work); Thomas Ender (Austrian, 1793 - 1875) (Austrian Artist); about 1829 - 1832; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2009.30)

Note: Thomas Ender played a large role in the Austrian/Viennese cultural Renaissance that took place after the defeat of Napoleon, finding his first important patron in Prince Metternich, the architect of the peace. He studied at the Akademie der bildenen Künste in Vienna, where he rejected classicism and specialized in watercolor landscapes done after nature. Through Metternich he was appointed artist to the Austrian scientific mission that left for Brazil in 1817 under imperial support, with his vast body of documentary watercolors housed today in the Akademie in Vienna. In 1829 he became the special painter to Archduke Johann, brother of the Emperor, who employed him for much of the rest of his career. Johann was a naturalist, scientist, and reformer, and commissioned Ender to make watercolors of the spectacular topography of the Austrian Alps. These watercolors are remarkable for their grasp of the sublime geological forces at work in the Alpine environment.The work here displays Ender's remarkably fine and delicate watercolor technique to the fullest. It shows the relatively humble residence of the Archduke in the resort of Bad Gastein near Salzburg. Ender made many watercolors in and around Bad Gastein during his first years in the Archduke's employ. The atmosphere has the golden glow of sunshine as it illuminates the distant peaks and the fenced fields in the middle distance. Ender orchestrates a command of vast spatial expanse combined with effects of minute diminution, as seen in the tiny figures on the bridge in the distance. Ender's spectacular Alpine views such as this one helped create a sense of Austrian identity in the post Napoleonic period. This was apparently kept in an album with other views as indicated by the inscriptions and numberings on the verso.

Titles:

View of the Residence of Archduke Johann in Gastein Hot Springs (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

View of the Residence of Johann Erzherzog in Gastein Hot Springs (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1829 - 1832

Creator Display:

Thomas Ender (Austrian, 1793 - 1875) (Austrian Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Ender, Thomas (Austrian painter, 1793-1875, active in Brazil) [500001536]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2009.30

Other: Creation: Österreich [1000062] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Watercolor over graphite

	watercolor (paint) [300015045]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	graphite (mineral) [300011098]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)

Dimensions: 19 x 28.5 cm (7 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)

Cultures:

Austrian (preferred)

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	mountains (landforms) [300008795]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, landforms (terrestrial)) (AAT)

	house [300005433]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings) (AAT)

	landscape (representation) [300015636]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	people (agents) [300024979]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	Badgastein [1025441]
	.....(Salzburg (state), Austria (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Inscriptions: Verso: Collection mark of Graf A. Czernin (Lugt 1207a) at bottom and stamped over the inscriptions; No. 51 in red chalk at top center; No 51 Thom. Ender (two indecipherable words) Wildbad Gastein" in pen and brown ink at the bottom; 42.Th.Ender in graphite at the bottom; Ansicht des Wohnhauses dr. K Hoheit des Erzherzog Johann in Gast (crossed out) Wildbad Gastein" in graphite at the bottom; 45? (one digit indecipherable) in graphite strengthened with red ink at top right; 45p in graphite strengthened with red ink at bottom right; 89 in graphite at top right.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
View of the Residence of Archduke Johann in Gastein Hot Springs	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
View of the Residence of Johann Erzherzog in Gastein Hot Springs	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)