Ein Mädchen, Hühner und Tauben fütternd
um 1850/1855
Medium
Pastell auf Papier
Dimensions
77,5 x 59 cm
Classification
Zeichnung
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
2797
Art Historical Context
**Ein Mädchen, Hühner Tauben fütter** (*A Girl Feeding Chickens andigeons*), created by Austrian artist Georg Decker around 1850–1855, captures a tender moment of everyday rural life. Rendered in pastel on paper—a medium prized for its luminous, velvety textures and subtle color gradations—this large-scale work (77.5 x 59 cm) showcases Decker's skill in evoking softness and intimacy. Pastel, popular in the Biedermeier era, artists like Decker to blend delicate hues with the immediacy of drawing, bridging painting and sketch. Decker, a Vienna-based painter active in the mid-19th century, speci...
About the Artist
Georg Decker · 1818–1894
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