according to klimt's website, bloch-bauer was his mistress. she is also the only woman he ever painted twice. adele's husband, ferdinand bloch-bauer, hired klimt to paint both paintings. klimt painted "portrait of adele bloch-bauer ii" in 1912. some artists also think adele bloch-bauer might be the woman in "the kiss" and "judith and the head of holofernes".