/internal/media/dispatcher/3820/fullGirl in Front of the LotteryMädchen vor dem Lotto1829[Peter Fendi]Peter FendiOil on canvas 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.Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/7977/rdf