Johanna Staude by Gustav Klimt, 1917 Size:24x36in (60x90cm) Batavia was the capital of

Batavia was the capital of the Dutch East Indies

called "Land of the parrots

In this period

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Old maps of southeast Asia are particularly rare

Johanna Staude by Gustav Klimt, 1917 Size:24x36in (60x90cm) Batavia was the capital ofJohanna Staude by Gustav Klimt (1917 1918) is a luminous late portrait from the final chapter of the artists career. Painted in oil on canvas, it presents Staude with piercing blue eyes set against a vivid orange ground, her patterned dress alive with ornamental motifs that echo the fashion forward spirit of Vienna at the time. Klimts fascination with surface design and the Wiener Werksttte aesthetic is on full display, while the gently unfinished