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Gustav Klimt, Portrait of a Lady and Portrait of Young Lady @obljewellery art earrings. Portrait of a Lady was painted in 1916-17 by Gustav Klimt towards the end of his life. The portrait 10 months before it was stolen, art student spotted that it had been painted over another Klimt painting, Portrait of Young Lady had not been seen since 1912. “The Young Lady had a scarf and a hat but they both had in common the same glance over the left shoulder, the same smile and the same beauty spot on the left cheek," the student says. She persuaded the Piacenza gallery's former director to have it X-rayed. The story behind the painting was; Klimt had fallen in love with a young girl from Vienna, it was said, who had quickly become his muse. Then, when she died, he painted over her portrait to forget the pain of his loss. The original painting was of a young girl from Vienna who had died. Klimt had painted over the portrait to forget the pain of her death. On Monday a Painting found behind hidden door in Italian gallery may be stolen Klimt. #klimt #gustaveklimt #portraitofyounglady #portraitofalady #stolenart #etsy #etsyart #mismatchedearrings #artearrings #artbasedjewellery #artsyearrings #portraitearrings #etsyclub #etsy_best #uniquegifts #greenearrings #artlovers #viennaartist #mysteriousart #italiangallery #piacenzagallery https://www.instagram.com/p/B6BY7fCoUF6/?igshid=5fggyinvnjp3
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