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: In the late 1990s, Maria Altmann, Adele’s niece, began a decade-long legal crusade to reclaim the work from the Austrian government. The case eventually reached the U.S. Supreme Court ( Republic of Austria v. Altmann ).

: Following the 1938 Anschluss, the painting was stolen from the Bloch-Bauer family. It was later renamed "The Woman in Gold" by the Nazis to strip it of its Jewish identity. La Dama De Oro

The "Lady in Gold" became a symbol of the systematic art theft perpetrated by the Nazis during World War II. : In the late 1990s, Maria Altmann, Adele’s

Painted during Klimt's "Golden Phase," the work is a pinnacle of the Vienna Secession movement. Altmann )

: Klimt utilized oil paint along with extensive silver and gold leaf, a style inspired by the Byzantine mosaics of Ravenna.

: In 2006, an arbitration panel in Vienna ruled in favor of Altmann. Today, the painting is permanently displayed at the Neue Galerie in New York City.