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Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (Detail) by Gustav Klimt highlights one of the most iconic and celebrated faces in all of Art Nouveau and early modern art. This extraordinary detail from Klimt’s masterpiece focuses attention on Adele Bloch-Bauer herself — elegant, enigmatic, and surrounded by the dazzling ornamental richness that made the original painting world famous.
Completed in 1907 during Klimt’s famed “Golden Phase,” Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I combines portraiture, symbolism, and decorative design into a luxurious visual experience unlike anything seen before. Adele Bloch-Bauer, a prominent Viennese patron of the arts, is portrayed with remarkable delicacy and sophistication, while her surroundings dissolve into intricate mosaics of gold leaf, geometric forms, spirals, and symbolic motifs.
This cropped detail emphasizes the expressive beauty of Adele’s face, elegant hands, jeweled choker, and richly patterned garments. The composition allows viewers to appreciate the astonishing decorative complexity and refined craftsmanship of Klimt’s work on a more intimate level. Gold textures, repeating spirals, and mosaic-inspired patterns create a luminous surface that blurs the boundary between painting and ornament.
Influenced by Byzantine mosaics, Japanese art, Symbolism, and the Art Nouveau movement, Klimt developed a revolutionary style that transformed portraiture into something almost sacred and dreamlike. The painting’s glowing gold surfaces and flattened decorative patterns create a timeless sense of luxury and mystery that continues to captivate viewers around the world.
This museum-quality full-coverage cross-stitch pattern beautifully recreates the intricate ornamentation, shimmering gold tones, and elegant details of Klimt’s masterpiece. The focused composition makes this version especially appealing for stitchers who love Art Nouveau, decorative design, and iconic fine art portraiture.
In 2015 Maria Altmann's story about the painting was made into a film called Woman in Gold starring Helen Mirren as Maria and Ryan Reynolds as her lawyer E. Randol Schoenberg.
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Design Size:
216w x 208h stitches
Types of Stitches:
Full stitches only, no half or quarter stitches, no backstitching
Level of Difficulty:
Advanced
Sewn Design Size:
14 count: 15.43 x 14.86 inches - 392mm x 377mm
18 count: 12.00 x 11.56 inches - 305mm x 294mm
20 count: 10.80 x 10.40 inches - 274mm x 264mm
22 count: 9.82 x 9.45 inches - 249mm x 240mm
Fabric size necessary for design:
Add six inches to both length and width (3" on each side)
Number of floss colors in the design: 67 (DMC cotton floss) No blended colors.
