Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000)  1912

Mäda Primavesi was, by her own account, an independent, assertive young girl, qualities amply captured in this portrait of her at about nine years old. Klimt made numerous preliminary sketches for the picture, experimenting with different poses and background motifs before he arrived at the present composition, with Mäda boldly silhouetted against a field of decorative pat...