[3] Tobias G. Natter, one of the world's leading Klimt experts, believes that it can instead be demonstrated that Fräulein Lieser is Margarethe.

[3]Erika Jakubovits, cultural director of the Jewish Community of Vienna, believes that the auction should be postponed until the portrait's origin and identity are definitively clarified.

[1] The background of the painting has faintly pencilled shapes, suggesting that Klimt intended to continue making elaborations.

[2] According to Dobai, the painting "recalls in its compositional approach and in particular in the position of the hands, the portraits of Adele Bloch-Bauer II and Elisabeth Bachofen-Echt ".

[2] William de Gelsey, who was aware of the painting and portrayed a member of his family, spent his entire life searching for it.

Gelsey died without heirs, and despite this, the painting was sold by the current owner with no direct legal successors from his lineage involved.

[8] The sale was conducted under the Washington Principles, as the painting’s ownership and history during the Nazi era remain unclear.