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The Kiss (Lovers)

1907–1908

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The story

Klimt showed it at the 1908 Kunstschau in Vienna, where the catalogue called it Liebespaar, the lovers. The Austrian government bought it while it was still unfinished, at the height of his Golden Period of gold, silver and platinum leaf.

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Object details

Title: The Kiss (Lovers)
Artist: Gustav Klimt
Date: 1907–1908
Culture: Austrian
Medium: Oil and gold leaf on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna (912)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.1140
Original image: 1920 × 1948 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Gustav Klimt. The Kiss (Lovers). 1907–1908. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna (912). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea1140/