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: In the late 1990s, Maria Altmann, Adele’s niece, began a decade-long legal crusade to reclaim the work from the Austrian government. The case eventually reached the U.S. Supreme Court ( Republic of Austria v. Altmann ).

: Following the 1938 Anschluss, the painting was stolen from the Bloch-Bauer family. It was later renamed "The Woman in Gold" by the Nazis to strip it of its Jewish identity. La Dama De Oro

The "Lady in Gold" became a symbol of the systematic art theft perpetrated by the Nazis during World War II. : In the late 1990s, Maria Altmann, Adele’s

: Klimt utilized oil paint along with extensive silver and gold leaf, a style inspired by the Byzantine mosaics of Ravenna. Altmann )

: The painting is noted for its "flat," decorative composition where Adele's realistic face and hands emerge from a sea of geometric and organic gold motifs. History of Looting and Restitution

: In 2006, an arbitration panel in Vienna ruled in favor of Altmann. Today, the painting is permanently displayed at the Neue Galerie in New York City.

Painted during Klimt's "Golden Phase," the work is a pinnacle of the Vienna Secession movement.