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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

  • This depiction is one of the first genre pictures in 19th-century Austrian painting. The story woven around the girl is centered on the figure herself rather than a particular event. Whether the young woman is brooding about money already lost on the lottery or considering investing in the sweepstake for Linz announced on the sign, is left open to question.

    Peter Fendi did not choose this theme by chance but was referring to the boom in gambling, which made the lottery a hot topic of the time. When this picture was shown at the Vienna academy exhibition in 1830 it was highly acclaimed in the press. Emperor Francis I acquired it for his picture collection that same year.
    • 1830 Ankauf Akademieausstellung, Wien, für Kaiserliche Gemäldegalerie
    • 1921 Übernahme aus dem Kunsthistorischen Museum, Wien
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