[4] Ferdinand was a wealthy businessman who owned a sugar refinery in Bruck an der Mur, Austria.

[6] Bloch-Bauer became a Viennese socialite, regularly hosting artists and authors in her salon.

Some artists also think Adele Bloch-Bauer might be the woman in The Kiss and Judith and the Head of Holofernes.

Because Altmann could not pay for insurance and storage, she sold the painting to Ronald Lauder to put in the Neue Gallery in New York City.

[11] Bloch-Bauer was the subject of the 2009 children's book Adorable Adele by Peter Stephan Jungk.

[11] The 2015 documentary film Adele's Wish[13] recounts Maria Altmann legal battle to recover five Gustav Klimt paintings stolen by the Nazis in 1938.

The king and queen of the elves wear dresses that very closely resemble Adele's in the Woman in Gold painting.