The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Engerth, Eduard von

ENGERTH, ĕng'ėrt, Eduard von, Austrian painter: b. Pless, Silesia, 13 May 1818; d. 1897. He was a pupil of the Vienna Academy, taking the gold medal there in 1845. He became director of the Prague Academy 1854 and in 1855 professor at the Vienna Academy. He was appointed director of the Belvedere Gallery 1871 and director of the Academy 1874. He was made commander of the order of Francis Joseph 1867. Among his works are ‘Haman and Esther’; ‘Ladislaus and Akus’ (1844); ‘Coronation of Rudolph I’; ‘Joseph Explaining the Dream’ (1845); ‘Seizure of King Manfred's Family’ (1853), a masterpiece in the Vienna Museum; ‘Victory of Prince Eugene at Zenta’ (1865); ‘Marriage of Figaro’; ‘Fable of Orpheus’ (1868); ‘Coronation of Francis Joseph as King of Hungary’ (1870); ‘Death of Eurydice’ (1877). Engerth frescoed the church at Alt Lerchenfeld after the cartoons of Führich, painted numerous portraits and decorated the new Vienna Opera House.