Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
The Klimt painting, which portrays Elisabeth Lederer, was owned by the Jewish art collector Leonard Lauder for 40 years.
(JNS) - A painting, which depicts a Jewish woman and which the Nazis stole after annexing Austria, sold for $236.36 million-reportedly a record for Viennese decorative artist Gustav Klimt-at a Sotheby's auction on Tuesday.
Dated between 1914 and 1916, the oil painting is titled "Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer" and portrays the daughter of Klimt's "most important patrons," Serena and August Lederer, and captures "the social prominence and beauty of the sitter," according to Sotheby's.
The auction house described the work as having "lush ornament details, complex palette, dazzling brushwork and c...
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