A couple embrace at the edge of a flowery meadow, wrapped in a golden cloak. His robe is covered in black and white rectangles; hers in round, colorful flowers. Klimt used real gold leaf on the canvas.

The Austrian state bought it in 1908 while it was still being finished. It is the centerpiece of Klimt’s “golden period”, influenced by the Byzantine mosaics he had seen in Ravenna.