Erasmus Engert
# Erasmus Engert

Erasmus Engert (24 February 1796, Vienna - 14 April 1871, Vienna) was an Austrian painter and art restorer. Later, he became Erasmus Ritter von Engert.

## Biography

From 1809 to 1823, Engert studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, and later made a study trip to Italy. On his return, he set himself up as a painter of portraits, historical scenes and copies of the Old Masters. In 1843, he was named a curator at the Imperial Painting Gallery in Belvedere Palace, where he devoted himself to restoration work.

In 1857, he became the gallery's director, and published what is now considered a very deficient catalog of the collection.

In 1865, Kaiser Franz Joseph I awarded him the title of Ritter (Knight) and entered him into the nobility.

## Sources

* Biographical notes from the Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich @ WikiSource
* "Engerth Erasmus von". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 1, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 252.
