What is the name of Gustav Klimt's mosaic frieze in the Palais Stoclet?

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Gustav Klimt’s mosaic frieze in the Palais Stoclet is called the Stoclet Frieze.

Klimt designed the series for the Stoclet Palace in Brussels during a commission dated 1905–1911. The Belgian financier Adolphe Stoclet and his wife, Suzanne, hired architect Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstätte to create the mansion as a unified work of architecture, interior design and decorative art.

The frieze consists of three mosaic panels installed in the dining room: The Expectation, The Knight and The Embrace. Their imagery includes stylized trees of life, a female figure and an embracing couple. Marble, ceramic, gilded tiles, enamel, pearls and semi-precious stones give the work a luxurious, shimmering surface.

The main mix-up is with Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze, an earlier work made for the 1902 Vienna Secession exhibition. The Stoclet Frieze is not a single conventional painting; it is a coordinated group of mosaics designed for a private palace and executed with specialist craftsmanship.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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