# Life Class in the Vienna Academy

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## Artwork

- Artist: [QUADAL, Martin Ferdinand](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/quadal-martin-ferdinand-rac99d7e4844382>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 144 x 207 cm

## Commentary

QUADAL, Martin Ferdinand \(b. 1736, Niemtschitz, Moravia, d. 1808, St. Petersburg\) Life Class in the Vienna Academy 1787 Oil on canvas, 144 x 207 cm Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna This painting by this largely forgotten painter captures the atmosphere and proceedings of the daily life class in the Vienna Academy and presents the most prominent personalities of the college, including the painter himself sitting on a stool and drawing.

## Related artworks

- [Life Class in the Vienna Academy \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/quadal-martin-ferdinand-rac99d7e4844382/life-class-in-the-vienna-academy-detail-r5716d423f62ddf>)
- [Portrait of Count Anton Lamberg-Sprinzenstein](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/quadal-martin-ferdinand-rac99d7e4844382/portrait-of-count-anton-lamberg-sprinzenstein-re7d609460e0a40>)

## Attribution

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