Measures: 110 x 110 cm Technique: Oil on canvas Depository:
Privately owned This painting has long been in possession of the
Belvedere in Vienna and was restored in 2001 to the heirs of
Jenny Steiner. The painting shows a detail of the house Klimt
lived in during the summer months of the years 1914 to 1916 in
Weissenbachtal. The Flöge sisters, their mother and the little
Helene Klimt stayed in a smaller villa in Weissenbach on Lake
Attersee. Attersee (also known as the Kammersee or Lake
Attersee) is the largest lake of the Salzkammergut area of
Austria. It extends for about 20 km from north to south and 4 km
from east to west. Its water comes from the Seeache, which flows
out of another lake, the Mondsee. The Höllengebirge (literally
meaning mountains of hell), with a height of up to 1,800 m, are
located southeast of the lake. Situated to the southwest of the
lake is the Schafberg (the "Sheep Mountain", 1,782 m). At
Litzlberg, there is a small island château, which Gustav Klimt
frequently visited during the s