/internal/media/dispatcher/12524/fullThe Distraint1840[Peter Fendi]Peter FendiOil on cardboardPeter Fendi’s painting shows a sparse room that is home to a family of seven. The father—an artisan —evidently cannot pay the rent, which is why the judicial officer is in the process of distraining property, aided by a policeman and an assistant. The foreboding finger pointing to the door leaves little doubt as to the desperate tenants’ future fate. In this work, Fendi was addressing the constant deterioration in social conditions faced by Vienna’s population since the 1830s. Industrialization had resulted in the disappearance of numerous jobs and professions. Many people’s lives were threatened by poverty and debt as a result. Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/3880/rdf