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Witness History: The Woman in Gold by Gustav Klimt

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22/11/2021 GMT

The Woman in Gold by Gustav Klimt

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Woman in Gold by Gustav Klimt

The story behind one of Klimt's most famous paintings

The story behind one of Klimt's most famous paintings. Stolen by the Nazis from the Jewish family who owned it, it was only returned after a long legal struggle.

'The Woman in Gold' was one of Gustav Klimt's most famous paintings. It was a portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, but it was taken from her family by the Nazis and only returned to them after a long legal battle. Louise Hidalgo has been speaking to Randol Schoenberg the young lawyer who took on the case.

Picture: Adele Bloch-Bauer I, or 'The Woman in Gold', painted in 1907 by Gustav Klimt, from the collection of the Neue Galerie in New York. (Credit: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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