---
type: press_release
title: Better Times?
language: en
url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/press/better-times"
---

# Better Times?

### Waldmüller and Biedermeier Vienna

12 May 2021 – 27 February 2022

[Press kit BETTER TIMES? (EN)](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-05/PM_Biedermeier_EN_1.pdf)

[Pressemappe BESSERE ZEITEN? (DE)](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-02/PM_Biedermeier_DE.pdf)

![Der Abschied der Patin (Nach der Firmung) — Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, After Confirmation (The departure of the Godmother) 1859 — Belvedere, Vienna, On loan from the Society of Friends of the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-03/353.jpg)

## Press Images 

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-03/353.jpg) 

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, After Confirmation (The departure of the Godmother) 1859

Belvedere, Vienna, On loan from the Society of Friends of the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-03/2081.jpg) 

Rudolf von Alt, The St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, 1832

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-03/2121.jpg) 

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Self-portrait as a young Man, 1828

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-03/2177.jpg) 

Peter Fendi, Girl in front of the Lottery Vault, 1829

Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-03/2245.jpg) 

Friedrich von Amerling, Rudolf von Arthaber with his children Rudolf, Emilie and Gustav, 1837

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-03/3928.jpg) 

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Bouquet of Roses at the Window, 1832

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-03/5712.jpg) 

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, View of the Dachstein from the "Sophien-Doppelblick" near Ischl, 1835

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-03/5876.jpg) 

Friedrich von Amerling, Marie Freiin Vesque von Püttlingen, 1832

© Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-03/6048.jpg) 

Josef Danhauser, Wallstein’s Grave,1828

© Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-03/6068.jpg) 

Thomas Ender, Grossglockner with Pasterze Glacier, 1832

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-03/7764.jpg) 

Pauline Koudelka-Schmerling, Garland with Madonna relief, 1834

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-03/Lg63.jpg) 

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, On Corpus Christi morning, 1857

© Belvedere, Vienna / On loan from the Society of Friends of the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-05/Bessere%20Zeiten%20OB%202021%20Presse-1.jpg) 

Exhibition view BETTER TIMES? Waldmüller and Biedermeier Vienna

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-05/Bessere%20Zeiten%20OB%202021%20Presse-4.jpg) 

Exhibition view BETTER TIMES? Waldmüller and Biedermeier Vienna

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-05/Bessere%20Zeiten%20OB%202021%20Presse-5.jpg) 

Exhibition view BETTER TIMES? Waldmüller and Biedermeier Vienna

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-05/Bessere%20Zeiten%20OB%202021%20Presse-8.jpg) 

Exhibition view BETTER TIMES? Waldmüller and Biedermeier Vienna

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-05/Bessere%20Zeiten%20OB%202021%20Presse-9.jpg) 

Exhibition view BETTER TIMES? Waldmüller and Biedermeier Vienna

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-05/Bessere%20Zeiten%20OB%202021%20Presse-10.jpg) 

Exhibition view BETTER TIMES? Waldmüller and Biedermeier Vienna

Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna

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For more information and press images please contact:

#### Media Relations 

##### Petra Fuchs 

T: [+43 1 795 57-177](tel:+43179557-177)

M: [+43 664 800 141-177](tel:+43664800141-177)

E-Mail: [**p.fuchs@belvedere.at**](mailto:p.fuchs@belvedere.at)

## Related exposition

[**Better Times?**](https://www.belvedere.at/en/better-times) — Waldmüller and Biedermeier Vienna — 12 May 2021 - 27 February 2022 — Exhibition — Upper Belvedere
