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Hermine Gallia
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Gustav Klimt created this drawing in preparation for a painted portrait, now in the collection of the National Gallery, London. Both depict Hermine Gallia, née Hamburger, who belonged to a wealthy Jewish family in Vienna. Through vanguard circles in the city, she met the artist and commissioned a canvas of her own likeness. This sheet may have been drawn from life, given its loose and sketchlike facture, seemingly meant to quickly record Gallia's form on the elaborate white dress in which she posed.
| Artist / Maker | Gustav Klimt |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 1904 |
| Culture / Origin | Austria |
| Medium | black chalk with graphite on light brown laid paper |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 45.6 x 31.2 cm (17 15/16 x 12 5/16 in.) |
| Department | Drawings |
| Type | Drawing |
About the Artist
Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862–1918) Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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