Adele’s parents as well were newcomers to Vienna, but by the time Adele married a Czech sugar magnate twice her age, Ferdinand Bloch, and posed for the Klimt’s famous paintings, her father’s bank had become the seventh largest bank in the Habsburg empire.
Ka Adele vanemad olid Viinis uustulnukad, aga selleks ajaks, kui Adele abiellus endast kaks kord avanema Tšehhi suhkrumagnaadi Ferdinand Blochiga ja Klimtile tema kuulsate maalide jaoks poseeris, oli tema isa pank saanud juba suuruselt seitsmendaks pangaks Habsburgide impeeriumis.