The Kiss ☲ Klimt ☰ Canvas architecture and the plants frame the

and the plants frame the sailboats in the harbor

and a church tower against a starry sky

The chart on the wall of "all the sea coasts of Europe" has been identified as one published in that period by cartographer and atlas maker Willem Janszoon Blaeu

dressed in a Japanese-style robe then popular among scholars

with a large cypress on the left

The Kiss ☲ Klimt ☰ Canvas architecture and the plants frame theThe Kiss (1908) by Gustav Klimt is considered to be one of Klimt's most important works, and is certainly the most well known. The painting depicts a couple embracing under intricate rectangular and floral patterned robes that reflect Art Nouveau as well as Arts and Crafts influences. The man is wearing a crown of vines and the woman a crown of flowers. Several theories exist as to who the couple is, with no definitive answer.