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Portrait of a Lady (Klimt)
Painting by Klimt
Portrait of a Lady is an oil on canvas painting by Gustav Klimt, painted between 1916 and 1917. The painting measures 60 by 55 centimetres (24 in × 22 in).
It depicts a portrait of a female figure, composed in an unusually lively expressionistic style.
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It was acquired by the Galleria Ricci-Oddi in Piacenza in 1925.
In 1996, X-ray analysis revealed that the portrait was an overpainted version of Klimt's lost work Portrait of a Young Lady (in hat and with scarf[1]), which disappeared in 1917.[2] The original portrait showed a woman with whom Klimt is believed to have had a love affair, but after she died suddenly, he painted over the work.[3]
The painting was believed stolen on 22 February 1997,[4] shortly before a special exhibition was planned at the gallery, during the renovation of the building.
The frame was found discarded on the roof next to a skylight, which was, ho