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Source Description
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.
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Document identity
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146909
label
Hermine Gallia
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drawing
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Source metadata
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146909
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drawing
title
Hermine Gallia
description
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.
date
c. 1904
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79925652
creators
12470
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 45.6 x 31.2 cm (17 15/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
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Austria
accession
1972.312
Source extras
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black chalk with graphite on light brown laid paper
tombstone
Hermine Gallia, c. 1904. Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862–1918). Black chalk with graphite on light brown laid paper; sheet: 45.6 x 31.2 cm (17 15/16 x 12 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry H. Hawley, 1972.312
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description
light brown modern laid paper
collection
DR - Austrian
inscriptions
inscription
lower left, in graphite: 9 ; VERSO, lower center, in graphite: A7558 [underlined] ; lower left, in graphite: H3
didYouKnow
This drawing is one of about 40 drawings made by Gustav Klimt for his painted portrait of Hermine Gallia.
creditline
Gift of Henry H. Hawley
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2026-05-29 07:31:37.703000
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146909
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Drawings
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DR - Austrian
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black chalk with graphite on light brown laid paper
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male
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photo
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