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Girl in Front of the Lottery

A young woman stands in a room where several objects and documents are visible. She wears a dress with an apron and holds a basket in her hand. Her expression is thoughtful as she looks at one of the walls covered with notes and numbers. Behind her, additional objects and a figure in the background can be seen, which is not clearly identifiable. [AI-generated with ChatGPT]
Girl in Front of the Lottery
A young woman stands in a room where several objects and documents are visible. She wears a dress with an apron and holds a basket in her hand. Her expression is thoughtful as she looks at one of the walls covered with notes and numbers. Behind her, additional objects and a figure in the background can be seen, which is not clearly identifiable. [AI-generated with ChatGPT]
Peter Fendi, Mädchen vor dem Lotteriegewölbe, 1829, Öl auf Leinwand, 63 x 50 cm, Belvedere, Wien, Inv.-Nr. 2177
Foto: Belvedere, Wien
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  • Girl in Front of the Lottery

  • Mädchen vor dem Lotto
  • Date1829
    • Künstler*in Peter Fendi (1796 Wien – 1842 Wien)
  • Object typePainting
  • MediumOil on canvas
  • Dimensions
    63 × 50 cm
  • SignatureSign. und dat. unten links: Fendi p. / 1829.
  • Inventory number2177
  • Locations Belvedere, Upper Belvedere, 1. Floor (west), Room SW2
  • It is moving to see the young woman looking wide-eyed at the numbers. She has not won and the lottery tickets in her hand are worthless, the money she staked irretrievably lost. Perhaps she will try her luck again in the lottery announced as the “kleiner Spiel für Linz” on the sign. But whatever she decides, we already know the “winner”—and this will be the state. Around 1830, the state raked in almost half of the lottery money. The scene takes place at a “Trafik,” where, in addition to lottery tickets, tobacco products were also sold: pipes and tobacco tins can be seen in the display behind the girl. For all the emotion, perhaps even sympathy, this scene inspires, it is also a warning against the vices of gambling and smoking.
    • 1830 Ankauf Akademieausstellung, Wien, für Kaiserliche Gemäldegalerie
    • 1921 Übernahme aus dem Kunsthistorischen Museum, Wien
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