This is an adapted print from the original 1212 artwork by Gustav Klimt. Work to colour correct and slightly change the artwork for modern print purposes has been done by creative teams at Raw Pixel and I Heart Wall Art.

According to www.Gustav-Klimt.com, Mada Primavesi was the daughter of Otto Primavesi, who succeeded Fritz Waerndorfer as financier to the Vienna Workshop in 1914. Primavesi was a keen patron and supporter of art. During the First World War he regularly invited artists, including Klimt, to stay at his country house.

As early as 1912, Otto commissioned Klimt to paint his young daughter, Mada. Klimt also painted Primavesi's wife, Eugenia, between 1913 and 1914. Klimt had run out of enthusiasm for the heavily ornamented gold portraits of the years 1907 to 1909 and had turned for inspiration to his collection of Japanese prints and art books. Rather than filling the entire picture surface with pattern, he allowed the background to show through much more, enlivening it with motifs here and there. The blossom in Mada's hair and the birds, fish and butterflies in the rug's design all owe much to the Orient.