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About this painting
Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein belonged to those wealthy and highly cultured assimilated Jewish families who provided Klimt with most of his patrons and who indeed were the very backbone of Viennese culture during its brief and dazzling “golden age” between 1890 and the First World War. This portrait met the fate of so many commissioned society portraits in failing to please the sitter. Two years after this portrait was painted, the king of society portraitists, John Singer Sargent gave up taking commissions of women, commenting bitterly that a portrait is just a picture of someone in which the mouth is “not quite right”. Klimt was required to make alterations before he could collect his handsome fee of 5,000 guilders. Although this portrait is relatively restrained compared to many of Klimt’s other paintings of the period, the highly-minded and intellectual Stonborough-Wittgenstein, may have been averse to Klimt’s highly ornamented style. Later she would commission her famous philosopher brother Ludwig Wittgenstein to design for her a villa in a severe, functionalist style that consciously reacted to the Byzantine excesses of the Vienna Secession.
- Artist: Gustav Klimt (Austrian)
- Year: 1905
- Style: Symbolism
- Subject: Portrait
What you receive
A genuine hand-painted oil reproduction of your selected painting, signed by the artist on the reverse and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Painting only — frame not included. The frame picker above is a visualization tool to help you choose a frame locally that fits your interior.
Depending on the size you order, your painting arrives either stretched on wooden bars (ready to hang) or rolled in a protective tube for local stretching and framing.
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Production: Each painting is hand-painted to order in our studio, typically 4–6 weeks from purchase to completion.
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Returns: 14-day satisfaction guarantee. If your painting arrives damaged or differs significantly from the listing, we’ll repaint it or refund in full.
Authenticity & Quality
Every reproduction is painted by skilled artists using museum-grade oil paints on cotton canvas. We do not print, transfer, or use any digital reproduction process — every brushstroke is laid down by hand.
Each canvas is signed by the artist on the back. A certificate of authenticity is included with every order.
Care Instructions
Hang in indirect light to preserve pigment vibrancy. Avoid direct sunlight, fireplaces, and humid bathrooms.
Dust gently with a dry, soft cloth (never water or cleaning solutions). The natural oil finish cures fully over 6–12 months and will deepen in tone with time.
