articles/Klimts mystery woman unveiled — theartnewspaper.com

Conservators cleaned the work, revealing the artist’s Impressionistic handling of his subject’s skin A virtually unknown portrait by Gustav Klimt, which was once believed to be one of the artist’s earliest surviving works, has been redated to 15 years later than originally thought after a recent investigation by conservators. Portrait of a Lady with a Lilac Scarf, which has never been exhibited publicly, is due to be unveiled at Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum on 22 May (until 31 August). The identity of the sitter remains a mystery.

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