Ens (or Enzo), Giuseppe

Ens (or Enzo), Giuseppe called the Younger, was a court painter to Ridolfo II, and flourished about. 1660. In his celebrated Tomb of Christ, at Ognissanti, he styled himself Jos. Heinsius. He gained such an immense reputation in his time for his pictures, that pope Urban VIII made him a chevalier of the Order of the Holy Cross. He painted several altar-pieces for the churches of Venice. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.