Artist: Gustave Klimt
Date: 1891
Technique: Oil On Canvas
Anton Kerner von Marilaun, a professor of botany, commissioned Gustav Klimt in 1891 to paint a portrait of his wife Marie Kerner von Marilaun, née Ebner Gräfin von Rofenstein and widowed Gräfin von Wolkenstein. Klimt was not ordered to paint her in reality, but given a photograph taken in 1862 as a reference showing Marie Kerner as a bride. It was not an unusual commission for Klimt to paint a portrait from a photograph. Other portraits from the artist
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