Why it matters
Adele Bloch-Bauer seems to dissolve into shimmering gold ornament in the most representative work of Klimt's golden phase. Stolen by the Nazis in 1941, it later became the subject of a famous restitution case.
Did you know?
- It was completed between 1903 and 1907.
- It was commissioned by her husband, the banker Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer.
- It is also known as The Woman in Gold.
Based on the Wikipedia article Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (CC BY-SA 4.0).
