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Gustav Klimt / Portrait of Amalie Zuckerkandl

Portrait of Amalie Zuckerkandl

1918 · Oil on canvas

Left unfinished at Klimt's death, this portrait of Viennese socialite Amalie Zuckerkandl shows her form and dress only loosely sketched in around a fully realised face.

LocationVienna, Austria
Genreportrait
Dimensions128 × 128 cm

Why it matters

Klimt's unfinished portrait of the Viennese society lady Amalie Zuckerkandl is also called the 'portrait of a murdered woman', because she was killed in the Holocaust.

Did you know?

  • She married the doctor Otto Zuckerkandl in 1895.
  • A claim for its restitution was rejected.
  • It is in the Belvedere in Vienna.

Based on the German Wikipedia article Bildnis der Amalie Zuckerkandl (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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