The Grossglockner Mountain with the Pasterze Glacier

The works of Austrian painter and aquarellist Thomas Ender brought him widespread fame.

Ender's paintings of the upper and lower Pasterze glacier with the Johannisberg, dated around 1830, represent the first highlight in the "pictorial record of the entire country of Austria", an ambitious project of Archduke Johann of Austria.
His brilliant use of subtle colouration with icy nuances shows the rugged landscape of rock and ice as noble and majestic. Minuscule staffage figures and two circling birds of prey demonstrate the grandeur of the natural spectacle.
The painting also affords an important contemporary document illustrating the retreat of the glacier.